William Kirby

A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese - American relations. ↗

— William Kirby

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And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that. ↗

— William Kirby

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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. ↗

— William Kirby

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

— William Kirby

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I would hope we would begin a series of projects that would do more to bring the different parts of the university together in the study of Asia, for example, in the study of the professions in Asia. ↗

— William Kirby

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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. ↗

— William Kirby

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

— William Kirby

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Taiwan is a major economy. ↗

— William Kirby

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

— William Kirby

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

— William Kirby

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