Earlier this year, President Barack Obama's administration said neither that engagement nor U.S.sanctions had brought about democratic change and that Washington would move to pursue high-level meetings.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

"That the population is so high that there will be a major population crash, that we will run out of food unless we change our ways, this just turns out not to be truth."

VOA: standard.2010.01.23