"I am certainly not coming to Taiwan trying to make prescriptions about how the society should develop," he added.
The Cambridge-educated sociologist, however, did comment on China, saying: "I can't really see that China is embarking on any triumphant and wider conquest. So the principle that most states no longer are interested in endless expansion is surely true in China as well as elsewhere."
China, of course, wants to expand its terrority to include Taiwan, and has vowed to take the country by force, if necessary.
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