Mr. Miller said that he expected similar growth over the next decade, pushing China into the top ranks of international travelers.

Pushing China to reform is the free trade position.

Nobody can push China backward and close the door again.

Killing the submarine now could be that final element that pushed China and the other nations over the brink into open warfare.

All we can do is make the decisions most likely to push China in the direction of economic and political reform.

"That may push China into a more competitive stance rather than a more cooperative one," he said.

But I regret, too, that the European Union is not doing more to push China in the right direction.

Mr. Clinton's press conference remarks, read closely, were an argument against pushing China hard on human rights and internal political reform.

America's policy is pushing China towards developing an alternative financial system.

If the administration does not push China hard enough, it risks losing crucial support in important electoral districts.