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Zakaria: Do you think you can continue to grow if the United States goes into a major recession?

ZAKARIA: Let me ask you, as our final question, Premier Wen. This has struck me as a -- as an example of your frankness.

ZAKARIA: You know, the last time we talked, I, we, we, I asked you what books you were reading and what books you - you found interesting.

ZAKARIA: You know the last time we talked, I asked you what books you were reading, and what books you were, you found interesting.

ZAKARIA: You - you speak, in your speeches, about how China is not yet a strong and creative nation in terms of its economy.

ZAKARIA: I look forward to the chance for this dialogue. And I begin by thanking you for giving us the opportunity and the honor.

In an interview on Friday in his CNN office, Mr. Zakaria again apologized for what he had called "a terrible mistake. "

But when it comes to Mr Zakaria's own business, political analysis, he sticks close to his Manhattan base.

Mr Zakaria takes pains to make clear that his thesis is not "the decline of America but rather the rise of everyone else" .

Mr Zakaria's writing is clear and strong, though at times the tempo can be a little too brisk.

True, many of them, like Mr Zakaria himself, as he points out, are of foreign origin, attracted to America by its universities.

Zakaria: Do you think it would be dangerous for the world if Iran got nuclear weapons?

Zakaria: Let me ask you a final question, your excellency.

ZAKARIA: Let me ask you, as our final question, Premier Wen.

Still, why does it retain " considerable ability to set the agenda, " to quote Zakaria?

Zakaria: I will take advantage of your kindness and ask you a question that many people around the world wonder about.

Zakaria is not against democracy. He is against "the democratization of democracy. "

Zakaria: In 2003, after the fall of Baghdad, you were placed in northern Iraq, in Mosul, commanding the 101st Airborne Division.

Huntington's student, Fareed Zakaria, would write a book in 2003, The Future of Freedom, making a somewhat updated variant of this argument.

ZAKARIA: It's an honor and a pleasure. Thank you, Premier.

ZAKARIA: China's premier, Wen Jiabao, is a reading man a poet, and I asked him about something he was reading.

The article was written by CNN's famous host Zakaria, who had interviewed Wen a few times.

Mr Zakaria's book is, nonetheless, a readable attempt to predict the future.

"Today, India has 18 all-news channels of its own, " notes Zakaria.

Below is the complete transcript of Fareed Zakaria's interview with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

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ZAKARIA: May I ask you about another set of possible talks?

Zakaria: We are now beginning the formal interview, just so everyone realizes.

Mr Zakaria mentions him only in passing, as a source of some historical titbits.

Zakaria: May I ask you about China's role in a broader sense?

Early results from an audience poll show Kissinger and Zakaria won, taking 62 per cent of the vote.

Zakaria: What action would you like to see from the Dalai Lama that would show sincerity?

ZAKARIA: You have given a - a series of very interesting speeches in the last few weeks -- the last few months.

Zakaria: We've talked about elections many times.

Zakaria: The Chinese benefit. We benefit enormously from having cheap Chinese goods.

ZAKARIA: What are your favorite sites?

ZAKARIA: Many people see China as a superpower already.

Zakaria: Look at what happened with the Japanese.

ZAKARIA: You -- you wrote an article about your old boss, Hu Yaobang, which I was very struck by.

Zakaria: Why has oil moved over $100 a barrel?

ZAKARIA: May I ask you what lesson you have drawn from the financial crisis? Have you lost faith in American macroeconomic management?

Zakaria: I think that suggests that you have an alternative to being engaged with China.

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