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The Chinese—in their program called the Belt and Road Initiative—have been pouring in development investments here and in other poor countries around the world. Publicly, the Chinese government says it’s just a way for them, as a growing world power, to share their good fortune and knowledge. Privately, Zeppos and others have received classified briefings depicting the Chinese’s real goal: securing resources, allies, and possible future military bases so China can never again be isolated and humiliated as it so often has been in its long history.
<The President's Daughter>(Patterson, James) Highlight on page 7 | Location 133-137 2021-10-21 22:48:13
Instead, he turns right, walking quickly to his office at the other end, where Jiang Lijun is not a vice president for the China State Construction Engineering Corporation but a senior officer with the Ministry of State Security.
<The President's Daughter>(Patterson, James) Highlight on page 15 | Location 230-232 2021-10-21 22:55:51
It’s tight quarters, with Vice President Pamela Barnes sitting in the near corner, staring at the video screens, and with Admiral Horace McCoy, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sitting at my elbow.
<The President's Daughter>(Patterson, James) Highlight on page 19 | Location 269-270 2021-10-21 22:58:24
Jiang was only five years old in 1999 when he and his weeping mother stood on the tarmac at the Beijing Capital International Airport, awaiting the cremated remains of Father after the Americans killed him along with two others in the basement of the Chinese Embassy.
<The President's Daughter>(Patterson, James) Highlight on page 23 | Location 320-322 2021-10-21 23:02:37
The real people are still there, with their problems and potential, hopes and dreams. It’s just hard for them to make good decisions when their brains are filled, and their spirits broken, with so much crap.
<The President's Daughter>(Patterson, James) Highlight on page 66 | Location 765-767 2021-10-24 01:08:09
“It is through filial piety, sibling harmony, dedication, trustworthiness, propriety, sacrifice, honor, and sense of shame that we become fully human.”
<The President's Daughter>(Patterson, James) Highlight on page 184 | Location 2012-2013 2021-11-03 23:06:20
"You can’t be fired for waking the president; you can only be fired for not waking him.” Or her.
<The President's Daughter>(Patterson, James) Highlight on page 289 | Location 3168-3169 2021-11-09 23:12:16
That’s the biggest reason governments keep secrets. Not because they’re sensitive. Because the secrets are embarrassing.”
<The President's Daughter>(Patterson, James) Highlight on page 376 | Location 4080-4081 2021-11-14 23:02:40
I say, “David, good job. You saved my daughter. You saved Hope.” His eyes flicker. He smiles. He whispers, “Good.” Then he dies.
<The President's Daughter>(Patterson, James) Highlight on page 574 | Location 6025-6026 2021-11-16 22:53:43