"Global businesses have placed bets on China as a stable source of growth for the foreseeable future. Bo Xilai and Chen Guangcheng serve as unwelcome reminders: Don't assume anything."

"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — perhaps before she had gotten the hang of being a diplomat — once said the United States had 'bigger fish to fry' with the People’s Republic of China than human rights. On Friday, one of the bigger recurring fish fries between the two countries — the bi-annual 'strategic and economic dialogue’' (SED) — ended in China’s capital, though one of the most tumultuous episodes in modern US-China relations was still unfolding."