In a letter to Bush, he wrote that Beijing would judge America only by its actions, not its words, and that it was a mistake to send "amateurs" to negotiate the deal with the "professionals" in China.
他在寫給布希的書信中提到：「北京有一堆目光銳利的務實派，他們對我們沒有羅曼蒂克幻想：他們是以我們的行動來判斷我們，不是以我們的言詞來判斷我們。你不能期待派業餘者去對付職業專家會得到好結果。