“We are against the world war being fomented by the superpowers and also against all the local wars of aggression which they instigate or back.”

— Hu Yaobang

Taiwan Communique and Separation of Powers: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, pp. 199 (1983)

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