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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.

We are not facing China alone; we are facing China together with a lot of other people in the region.

I am really close to the Chinese government. And I have a chance to talk to them, listen to them.

I don't care what political party is controlling China right now. All I know is we are all Chinese.

I would have a democratic process for people to get together and talk about the way they want the government to conduct business with China.

A more consistent and sustainable relationship with China will be a core goal of my administration. That requires open channels of communication, both with China's leadership and the Taiwanese people.

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.

If the communist party is controlling China, they represent China.

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 China is doing business with a company that ends up putting money back into proliferation activities, then we'll sanction that company and China.