The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.
Henry A. KissingerLike any developing country, it has an inequality of wealth. In the Chinese case, it is particularly [pronounced] by the fact that they decided they couldn't make the whole country move forward simultaneously, so they've started region by region. So the interior regions are much less well off than the coastal regions. And this is certainly a huge challenge, because it produces a flow of populations from the poorer regions to the richer regions.
Henry A. KissingerThe task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Henry A. KissingerI do not criticize people who take a public stand on human rights issues. I express my respect for them. But some people are more influential without a public confrontation.
Henry A. KissingerCompeting pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited.
Henry A. KissingerWhat is applicable is to understand that first of all China has undergone a huge revolution in the last years. Anyone who saw China as I did in 1971 - and for that matter even in 1979, because not much had changed between 1971 and 1979 - and sees China today, knows one is in a different economic system.
Henry A. Kissinger