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To say [John] Boehner is between a rock and a hard place is minimising the problem he faces

Political consultant Tobe Berkovitz, on the U.S. House Republican leader and talks to avoid the "fiscal cliff"

[Vice-President] Xi [Jinping] knows how to draw the line between being tough and friendly

Lin Wen-cheng, director of the Institute of Mainland China Studies at Taiwan's National Sun Yat-sen University