Mike Greene Premise Quotations

The point is not to lecture. We approach this from the premise that U.S.-China relations are good and we're committed to making them better.

Our premise is that the Chinese are not looking to challenge the United States globally, that China wants to be seen as playing a positive role internationally and that China can play a positive role.

We're not going into this with the premise that China is wrong. We're going into this with the premise ... that China's leaders are moving China in a direction that's going to be ultimately good for them and the world but that these are things they have to do to succeed.