The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan. — William Kirby Copy Share Image
“The world is ruled by such dreams, dreams of impassioned hearts, and improvisations of warm lips, not by cold words linked in chains of… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting. — William Kirby Copy Share Image
“See Naples, and then die!' That was a proud saying, Count, which we used to hear as we cruised under lateen sails about the… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
I would hope we would begin a series of projects that would do more to bring the different parts of the university together in… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that. — William Kirby Copy Share Image
A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese -… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
