“The U.S. is currently facing some very difficult problems, but it is not a nation in decline. The U.S. is an enormously resilient and

creative society, which attracts and absorbs talent from all over the world, including many from China and the rest of Asia.”

“All eight Nobel Prize winners in science who are of Chinese descent either were or subsequently became American citizens.”

“China has to solve its maritime disputes in the South China Sea regionally through the Asean rather than country by country.”