“China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. ”

“People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind.”

“I've read hundreds of books about China over the decades. I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind.”

“China's internal divisions have made it far harder to strike the kind of deals that made it possible for the two countries to open up diplomatic relations decades ago or get China entry into the World Trade Organization. If Nixon were going to open China today, the Interior Ministry would probably get into an argument with the Chinese president's office about whether to let Air Force One land, and then demand the plane's antimissile technology as the price for refueling”

“Doesn't every kid want to dig a hold to China? Didn't you? What about Chinese children?”

“Her big heart did not, as is so sadly often the case, inhabit a big bosom.”