Word: vogel
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...haven't heard a public leader come that close to acknowledging it publicly," said Vogel, who played an integral role in bringing Jiang to Harvard...
...Vogel, who has visited Beijing multiple times, said Jiang's near-admission of China's failure could bode well for U.S.-China relations...
Jiang's answer to the question may have been the first time a Chinese official offered the possibilty that China was misguided in its handling of the affair, said Ford Professor of the Social Sciences Ezra F. Vogel, who is also director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies...
Professor Vogel: When Ambassador Sasser was on the way, he said to me that just before arriving at Harvard, that President Jiang confessed to him that he felt like he was coming to a big examination at Harvard. I think we can say that he happily passed his examination, and we appreciate very much his willingness to come to Harvard. We see this as one step in continued dialogue which we hope will go on for many, many years, and forever...
Jiang was flanked by Rudenstine; Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles; University Marshal Richard M. Hunt; Director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies Ezra F. Vogel; Li Daoyou, the Chinese ambassador to the United States; Qian Qichen, China's vice premier and foreign minister, and James Sasser, the U.S. ambassador to China. Jiang entered Sanders on schedule and promptly received a 20-second standing ovation...