Quote by Henry Kissinger

“Like the United States, China thought of itself as playing a special role. But it never espoused the American notion of universalism to spread…

— Henry Kissinger

“For ardent believers in Chinese exceptionalism, the Confucian tradition of political stability and centralized state power is the critical factor in the realization of…

— Patrick Mendis

“after seeing decades of Maoist campaigns, that idealism mostly resulted in misery. China would be helped only as ordinary citizens went about bettering their…

— Gordon G. Chang

“China has no choice but to emulate the power of America’s founding ideas and its journey through the universal values of democratic freedom and…

— Patrick Mendis

“Even if Chinese own the entire world; still they will be servants.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“The fact remains, I was never meant to sell china. Only truly saintly men are cut out for that; the sort of men who…

— Guy Vanderhaeghe

“China produced no religious themes in the Western sense at all. The Chinese never generated a myth of cosmic creation.”

— Henry Kissinger

“The reasoning of the Ming and Qing states for opposing international trade is by now familiar: the fear of creative destruction.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

“A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over…

— Henry Kissinger

“The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in…

— Larry Herzberg

“China’s everything. Nothing else matters. We don’t get China right, we don’t get anything right. This whole thing is very simple. China is where…

— Michael Wolff

“There are many things which cannot be imagined,” the Chinese say, “but there is nothing which may not happen.”

— Gordon G. Chang