There is a trendency to talk and wrute about foreign policy and world affairs as though they were the preserve of an expert priessthood. They are not. They involve all of us, and they are understandable-shorn of jargon by all of us. We can change the world for the better. But we need to understand it first.
Two separate reports from The Wall Street Journal, Monday 13 June 2005:
1. Kamal Nath, India's Minister of Commerce and Industry - ‘China may win the sprint, but India will win the marathon.’
2. Bo Xilai, China's Minister of Commerce - ‘Chinese people have a saying: "If you respect me by an inch, I'll respect youby a foot."’ (查看原文)
Japan's apology for its war record in Asia has never been as generous and wholehearted as Germany's in Europe, and some Japanese diplomats still question whether criticism of their behaviour in China is wholly justified. For the record, it is. But China should beware allowing in her own country the growth of the sort of aggressive nationalism that set Japan off on its own militaristic path in the pre-war years. That nationalist sentiment also endangers cool thinking in China about how to handle Taiwan. America and Europe have to discourage Taiwan from provoking the mainland, for internal domestic reasons, through flirtations with the symbols of sovereign independence. On her side, China had better understand that, while it may not be a point that can be explicitly conceded, Taiwan's politi... (查看原文)
you will find the fact that a little governor from the UK has real understanding of the world and how to manage a city. Politician is not manufactured in Asia
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0 有用 Willd 2009-12-23 02:06:47
差不多四年才讀完...
0 有用 zai912 2006-09-09 12:58:12
書在書架上放了好一段日子，看的時候，英國廣播公司(BBC) 選出了戴卓爾夫人為二十世紀英國最佳首相，壓倒一代名相邱吉爾；書剛讀完了，國家總理溫家寶正要出訪歐洲，出席亞歐峰會前他接受時代雜誌記者Jane Macartney訪問，稱此行希望能加強雙邊聯係，確保合作關係不受人事更替和個別事情影響。 眾所周知，當年彭定康在保守黨內是倒鐵娘子要員，在書內，他亳不諱言公開與私下經常與戴卓爾夫人意見相左，他稱... 書在書架上放了好一段日子，看的時候，英國廣播公司(BBC) 選出了戴卓爾夫人為二十世紀英國最佳首相，壓倒一代名相邱吉爾；書剛讀完了，國家總理溫家寶正要出訪歐洲，出席亞歐峰會前他接受時代雜誌記者Jane Macartney訪問，稱此行希望能加強雙邊聯係，確保合作關係不受人事更替和個別事情影響。 眾所周知，當年彭定康在保守黨內是倒鐵娘子要員，在書內，他亳不諱言公開與私下經常與戴卓爾夫人意見相左，他稱政治思想所謂的戴卓爾主義是誇大了她所幹的，她只是一個幸運的政治人(politician)，如果她善加利用她的幸 (展开)
0 有用 hamster 2010-10-19 20:22:36
you will find the fact that a little governor from the UK has real understanding of the world and how to manage a city. Politician is not manufactured in Asia