Orville Schell : When many of us came into the the story of U.S.-China relations, the currency of the realm was politics. When Henry [Kissinger] went to China, there was no economics to deal with. So, it was a political question. Without really noticing it, we’ve undergone an extraordinary transmigration from the currency of politics to, really, the currency of currency.
via Singapore News – China’s Momentous Change: From Center of Trade to Center of Investment.