If Chen is more courteous to us, we'll gladly cooperate with him in the legislature.

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If Chen is right, excavators may soon go the way of wheel loaders in China.

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Chen says that if there were hazing and endless keggers, he never would have joined.

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Chen's research, if proved by further experiments, could cast light on some of the biggest mysteries in finance.

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Chen says he does not know if Liu paid the money.

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If there are any such doubts for Ms. Chen, she has long since erased them.

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For his part, Chen actually seemed to be pondering the offer, if highly skeptical.

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If enough trust were established in this way, say Mr Chen's advisers, all sorts of unlikely issues could then be broached: arms control, for instance.

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"With what we learn over the next few months, we'll see if we can chop (the area of uncertainty) back a bit" for future missions, Chen said.

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