Mitt Romney

What is our strategy with regards to convincing the Chinese not to play a heavy hand with regards to Taiwan?

It is important to peace and stability in the Western Pacific and it is absolutely in the U.S. interest to make sure that the 24 million people of Taiwan are able to make choices about their own future free from coercion from across the…

My reading suggests that what the Communist Chinese Party has done in Hong Kong has solidified in the mind of the Taiwanese people that the idea of one country/two systems is not real.

The United States of America believes that the people of Taiwan should be allowed to determine their own destiny.

I think it may well be confusing to our public, generally, and perhaps to people on the Hill to consider two things.

Quite simply, it is a matter of believing that the people of Taiwan should be free to make their own choice.

The question today is how America, a nation that believes in the dignity of humanity, can aid the millions of people of Taiwan to remain free to make their own decisions.

There are many fronts on which we would like China to take a different course.

Somehow they are getting along just fine, and the consequence was not as great as they might have once feared.

Taiwan is not some small outpost. It is comprised, as the chairman indicated, of almost 25 million people.

The Chinese Communist Party, on the other hand, believes that it should be free to usurp the will of the people of Taiwan.

Each of us have reached a tentative understanding. And so, we’re not looking for adjustments. What we’re looking for is to see whether our colleagues are open to it.

The Senate just passed legislation mandating a diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing and which I believe is very appropriate.

What we are seeing is mass atrocity without mass slaughter. It is the atrocity of genocide without the attendant slaughter of genocide.

What is the purpose of that from the Chinese standpoint? Is it to silence outspoken individuals?

Our hearts bleed, as we think of what you are enduring, and what your family is enduring.

Why do you believe they felt they could go ahead and do this?

They could be arrested for doing so under Chinese law.

Elections have consequences. And the Democrats have a very small majority. And, as a result, they can take action on their own.

Clearly, it is in our interest in a very critical nation in the world to see vaccinations that we have available going to Taiwan.

I think the best solutions to this crisis are completing the barrier, mandatory E-Verify.

I mean, I do not have the sources of information that you have, obviously, but it read as if it was almost a failed state.

I just hope that you will bring extra attention to that issue.

I am concerned that a lot of that funding is going to end up in corrupt hands.

That seems confiscatory.