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The explosive growth in places like Shanghai has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and into a thriving new middle class. What China has done is nothing short of an economic transformation, and the citizens of this country have every right to be proud.

~Gary Locke

Topics: China Citizens Class Country Done Economic Every Explosive Growth Helped Hundreds Lift Like Middle Middle Class Millions Millions Of People New Nothing Out People Places Poverty Proud Right Shanghai Short Thriving Transformation

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I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.

~Gary Locke

Topics: Around China Concern Governments Intentions Mark People Question Question Mark Think World I Think

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China's history is marked by thousands of years of world-changing innovations: from the compass and gunpowder to acupuncture and the printing press. No one should be surprised that China has re-emerged as an economic superpower.

~Gary Locke

Topics: Acupuncture China Compass Economic Gunpowder History Innovations Marked Press Printing Printing Press Should Superpower Surprised Thousands Thousands Of Years Years

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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.

~Gary Locke

Topics: Carter China Come Diplomatic First Long Long Way Nixon Relations Since Visit Way

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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 rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.

~Gary Locke

Topics: Been Beijing China Clear Direction Dissent Fall Going Greater Human Human Rights Intolerance Olympics Over Record Rights Rise Run Seems Since Then Time Up Very Within Wrong Wrong Direction

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If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China.

~Gary Locke

Topics: China Chinese Create Democracy Expose Freedoms Greater Hunger Liberties May Our Reform

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I'm somewhat overwhelmed by the microblogging that takes place in China, and the smartphones and all the people that want to take pictures of myself and my family.

~Gary Locke

Topics: China Family Myself Overwhelmed People Pictures Place Somewhat Take Takes Want

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In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed.

~Gary Locke

Topics: Back Changed China Era Grandfather Great-Grandfather Like Much Parts Rural Stepping

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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

Topics: Access Beijing China Chinese Every Experience Firsthand Had Henry His Insights Kissinger Leader List Mao Perhaps Preparing Since Top Valuable Who

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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.

~Gary Locke

Topics: America American Brands China Class Contrast Country Day Dollar Equivalent Great Hundreds Living Made Middle Middle Class Millions Millions Of People Movies Music Other Part People Still Things Throughout While Who Yearn

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