"They want to guarantee the coming transition," Mr. Zheng said.
The coming transition to a rebalanced China changes the rules of engagement in this co-dependent relationship.
Ms. Lagarde was reluctant to enter into a detailed discussion of the coming transition at the top of the European Central Bank.
It was a few days after the surprise party for Linda, and she and Gregory were feeling more comfortable about the coming transition.
Following the toppling of Mohamed Morsi on 3 July, Egypt's generals appeared at great pains to emphasise that the coming transition would be civilian-led.
Today, even his most vehement opposition within Cuba has few illusions that Washington might take an informed, enlightened, non-interventionist, and generous approach to Cuba in the coming transition.
Wambach, whose 27 goals this year were her second-highest total in a single season, was among those expressing enthusiasm about the coming transition to the new United States coach, Tom Sermanni, hired in October to replace Pia Sundhage.
He added, "We look forward to her joining Rutgers and leading the university through the coming transition into the Big Ten," noting that Hermann was one of 63 candidates considered and that "she swiftly stood out as a leading candidate".
N.Y.U.'s chief spokesman, John Beckman, has responded, "We began talking with the Chens about the coming transition in their living arrangements months ago, not because of some fictional 'pressure' from China, but so that they could use the months to make their transition a smooth one.
"It's going to be a very, very tough proposition," he says of the coming transition.
This time out, CEO Sundar Pichai hit the stage to discuss a coming transition in hardware, away from the specs race, to something less immediately apparently, but no less important: machine learning and AI.
