China's stance is consistent with its policy of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs.

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In 1894, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to declare a policy of non-interference in the Hawaiian Islands.

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This would recognise that moral imperatives might sometimes override the principle of non-interference in a state's internal affairs.

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Second, the basis of Asian regionalism has been non-interference in each other's affairs.

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One reason is the club's hallowed principle of non-interference in its members' affairs.

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Chinese papers back Beijing's actions as defence of non-interference in internal affairs.

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The conservative George W. Bush did more than any other president in recent years to interfere in the private sector, contrary to the general Republican stance of non-interference in free markets.

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State media quoted the ministry as praising "the firm Russian stance which is based on the UN principles of non-interference in internal affairs or the threat to use force against the safety of any state".

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The organisation's guiding principle, non-interference, had served it so well in the tense, mutually suspicious days of 1967.

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Mr Khatami promises, like others before him, to boost non-oil exports, but both manufacturing and farming are in trouble, partly because of state interference.

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