Quote

Rather than standing back and being left behind, we must make the most of the opportunities that a growing China presents to us here in Britain.

China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.

I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term.

Building a good, stable, and productive China-U.S. relationship is in our mutual interest of our two countries and our two peoples, and also contributes to peace and development.

Well, the important message that we've always carried to China is that we look forward to your progress and prosperity, we look forward to you playing a role in the progress and prosperity of this region and we look forward to stability in your relations with others.

When you discuss your steel industry with China you are credible because you are part of the E.U., not because you are just U.K. You will be completely killed otherwise. You will never be in the situation to negotiate face to face with the Chinese because your domestic market is not relevant for the Chinese in comparison with their domestic market.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly.

It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States.

What frustrates U.S. officials is that China sometimes seems more comfortable accommodating a strong United States, as it did in past decades, than partnering with an America that's less dominant.