The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development.

There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.

Another goal is to look to the resources we have and to see how we could do better to plan, in a sense, for the faculty and infrastructure that we will need to study Asia well into the 21st century.

I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.

Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war.

The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side.

Taiwan is a major economy.

So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition.

Mutual helplessness is the essential relation between parent and child.

There are never any traffic jams on the extra mile.

Someone asked me if I play piano because I feel like I have a protective wall around me. Maybe. I am really messed up.

We've made science experiments of ourselves and our children.

I have two loves: my country and Paris.

How can there be peace without people understanding each other; and how can this be if they don't know each other?

Sweet is revenge-especially to women.

I would have loved to have been in The Stand. I would also loved to have been in The Mask.

She nods. You're good for the ones you love. You want to be good for the ones you love, because you know that your time with them will end up being too short, no matter how long it is.

Sometimes you could be in an unhappy relationship; you are very much in love with someone, but it's making you unhappy and you think things can change and you can work it out.