I would be extremely surprised if the Chinese blamed us for this.
He just said this was unfortunate and I'm sorry it happened.
There is no auto pilot in U.S.-China relations, but relations have matured to the point where neither is this a terribly unusual meeting.
Unfortunately, political freedoms have lagged the economic freedoms.
There are some things that the Chinese also have in terms of sensor technologies and information that we are interested in, in terms of global climate and other issues.
Some people today want to see a quick fix to the trade imbalance. And if there was one, believe us, we would have tried to get that by now with the Chinese.
Some people today want to see a quick fix to the trade imbalance. In the new global economy, there is not a quick fix.
Does it mean that the Chinese are beginning to understand that there's a linkage between stability in a society and the freedoms? I think we're starting to see some glimmers.
The Chinese agreed with the long-term goals but were not in accord with everything we are trying to do in the short term.
It's not enough, it's not nearly enough. We're disappointed with how slowly they've moved to use it, but over time we believe that they have the ability to use it more.
We will also be urging China to help us get the North Koreans to return to the six-party talks ... so that the people on the Korean peninsula have a future that's free from nuclear weapons.