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All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

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For us, it is all right if the talks succeed, and it is all right if they fail.

China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all … but very tough, and for years no one has been able to bite into it.

Today the first unification of the Chinese people has emerged. The people themselves have become the masters of Chinese soil, and the rule of the reactionaries in China has been irrevocably overthrown.

We shall use only peaceful means and we shall not permit any other kind of method.

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