William Kirby Quotes


You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime. William Kirby Act 92
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 Chinese 84
The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side. William Kirby China 80
The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting. William Kirby Banking 65
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 Asia 53
The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan. William Kirby Big 51
So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition. William Kirby China 50
The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully. William Kirby Asian 50
East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century. William Kirby Asia 49
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 Believe 49
There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state. William Kirby Science 42
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 21st 36
Taiwan is a major economy. William Kirby Economy 33

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