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 VOA Chinese, Jan. 4, 2010.
 http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/US/US_STRATEGIC_SUPERIORITY_20100104-80634152.html
 
 My comment: I doubt it.
 
 
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 (1) 中国官员公车消费导致民怨沸腾. VOA Chinese, Jan. 4, 2010.
 http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/Vehicle_Corruption_20100104-80628272.html
 
 (2) 高行健:中国没变,我也没变. BBC Chinese, Jan. 4, 2010.
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/01/100104_gaoxingjian_iv.shtml
 
 (3) Peter Fritsch, Chinese Evade US Sanctions on Iran Wall Street Journal,
 Jan. 4, 2009.
 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126256626983914249.html
 ("Chinese companies banned from doing business in the U.S. for allegedly
 selling missile technology to Iran continue to do a brisk trade with
 American companies, according to an analysis of shipping records.")
 
 My comment: Except the quoted paragraph 1, there is no need to read the
 reort, which I feature only because it appears in the front page.
 
 (4) Mark Landler and David Barboza, For Shanghai Fair, Famous Fund-Raiser
 Delivers. New York Times, Jan. 3, 2010.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/world/asia/03clinton.html?scp=1&sq=shanghai&st=cse
 ("Despite those [legal and ethical] restrictions, and a dismal economy, Mrs.
 Clinton is closing in on her $61 million goal. She is clearly proud of the
 effort, which staved off what could have been a rupture in American-Chinese
 relations. * * * By all accounts, the effort to build a national pavilion
 was near death at the end of the Bush administration.")
 
 My comment:
 (a) Regarding potential "rupture," unfortunately face is important to China.
 In my view, the nation should not take the non-participation personally.
 (b) Regarding Tomas Jefferson as "the first secretary of state."
 
 Thomas Jefferson served as Secretary of State, of Department of State, from
 Mar. 22, 1790 to the very end of 1793--under Pres. George Washington. The
 predecessor of the office and its head is Department of Foreign Affairs and
 Secretary of Foreign Affairs, respectively.
 
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