On the recordMarch 8, 2011
As one of the world's fastest growing economies, our relationship with China is one of the most critical of the 21st century.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “As one of the world's fastest growing economies, our relationship with China is one of the most critical of the 21st…”
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Remarks on the Nomination of Secretary of Commerce Gary F. Locke To Be Ambassador to China
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