The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled. — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
The U.S. tries to provide immigrants who grow up here with a world-class education and imbue them with the can-do attitude that has long… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
The explosive growth in places like Shanghai has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and into a thriving new middle… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part of the reason why… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
We need the private sector to succeed, because if the private sector succeeds, America succeeds. Because it's not the government that produces jobs, it's… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
If the Chinese can't buy U.S. products, they'll buy them from European countries and then develop stronger economic ties with France and Germany and… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
We want to promote people-to-people exchanges so that China and the United States can really join together, not just to solve the problems of… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I've been through WTO riots in Seattle, massive earthquakes, major floods... forest fires. I just try to be as even-keeled and calm as possible. — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
