Henry Paulson, Dealing with China, as quoted in "Born Red: How Xi Jinping, an unremarkable provincial administrator, became China’s most authoritarian leader since Mao." (6 April 2015), by Evan Osnos, The New Yorker
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The Chinese are rejecting western values and multiparty democracy... It seems very incongruous to be, on the one hand, so committed to fostering more competition and market-driven flexibility in the economy and, on the other hand, to be seeking more control in the political sphere, the media, and the Internet.
— Henry Paulson on China
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About Henry Paulson
Henry "Hank" Merritt Paulson, Jr. (born 28 March 1946) is an American banker who served as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury during the final two years of George W. Bush's presidency. Prior to his role in the U.S. Treasury, he was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Goldman Sachs. He is now a fellow at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and the chairman of the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago, which he founded in 2011 to promote sustainable economic growth and a cleaner environment around the world, with an initial focus on the United States and China.
About Henry Paulson
Henry "Hank" Merritt Paulson, Jr. (born 28 March 1946) is an American banker who served as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury during the final two years of George W. Bush's presidency. Prior to his role in the U.S. Treasury, he was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Goldman Sachs. He is now a fellow at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and the chairman of the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago, which he founded in 2011 to promote sustainable economic growth and a cleaner environment around the world, with an initial focus on the United States and China.
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