Abigail Washburn Quotes

It is not wise for Chinese to do things to artificially disrupt relations with the U.S.

President Trump is the first western leader in 50 years to stand up to China.

I would have said, before the World Trade Center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with China - making clear to China what the limits are of what America can accept, but also showing understanding for some of Chinese necessities. I thought he was moving towards the position that I have more or less advocated.

I think, clearly, we got to work closely with China to resolve the serious problems we have, and I worry about Putin and his military adventurism in the Crimea and the Ukraine.

It remains to be seen whether the more optimistic scenario for Sino-American relations can be realised. Much rests on the shoulders of the two leaders: Obama on this score has so far been disappointing; the early signs are that Xi is a highly confident leader who thinks big.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

The way you change foreign policy is by raising the domestic political cost of the policy.

One is treading on very delicate ground when you have to consider the public opinion in China, Japan, the League of Geneva, and at home. It is pretty hard to avoid using a word which may arouse unintended repercussions in one or the other of those half a dozen localities

I do not see it as desirable for South Korea to take the back seat and watch discussions between the U.S. and China.

America needs an adult in the White House who knows how to deal with China.

The Chinese government thinks China and the U.S. should develop a constructive relationship of cooperation.

As president, I will stand up to the great human rights tests of our time - in China, Russia, and the Middle East. We must send a signal to our allies and adversaries that America is back in the leadership business.

The relationship I have with China, it's been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different than we've ever had. But again, you know, we'll find out whether or not President Xi is able to affect change.

President Obama told the Irish people that America will always stand by them, to which Israel laughed.

Take a look at the way that Trump has described some of the foreign countries that we deal with - some that are allies and some that are not. China is one example. He said they were currency manipulators, but after he sat down with President Xi and had a piece of chocolate cake, he then said they were no longer currency manipulators.

The world of high-stakes international diplomacy can be rough and tumble, but it's more often than not a procession of suits and summits, protocol sessions and photo ops.

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.

Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries, none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our relationship with China.

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time.

I grew up in New York City in the late '70s, at a time when U.S. - China relations were something that was on the front page of The New York Times on a regular basis.

And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement.

One of the issues that I've raised on the Foreign Relations Committee, and I raised it when Secretary Locke came for his confirmation hearing, is, you know, it is in our benefit to develop a workable, positive formula with China.

Many in China find it perplexing that the U.S. and Russian perceptions are still so heavily influenced by the Cold War.

The first thing a diplomat has to do is understand the domestic politics of foreign states.

Oh dear. Oh dear. Why do all these old gentlemen feel so confident that they understand foreign affairs.