We’ve come a long way since Nixon’s first visit to China, or Carter’s reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it’s very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there’s been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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One of the last books I read was ‘Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime’ by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn’t ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn’t ask him that.
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I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.
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Birth: | 21st January, 1950 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Politician |
Gary Faye Locke was born in Seattle, Washington, USA. He is an American politician. In 1982, he was elected to Washington state's South Seattle district in the Washington House of Representatives. He was the 21st Governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005. He was the first, and remains the only, Chinese American to serve as governor of a state in United States history. He served in the Obama administration as United States Secretary of Commerce from 2009 to 2011. He was the United States ambassador to China from 2011 until 2014. He is also the first Chinese American to serve as the U.S. ambassador to China. He earned a B.A. degree in political science from Yale University in 1972. He later received his juris doctor from Boston University School of Law in 1975.
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