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My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.

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

There will, in my view, come a time when there has to be some kind of political denouement inside China, because the newly enriched generation might put up with being told what to do by their rulers - but their children, who will take prosperity for granted, will not.

China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.

Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China.

China no longer has an ideology that makes any sense to them, but what they do have is great pride in the Chinese nation.

We see China becoming an unstoppable force. It's a huge threat and a huge opportunity.