21.   His words echoed those of his Chinese counterpart, who also spoke Tuesday of the need for high-level contacts to develop bilateral relations.

22.   His words have echoed through the decades since then in a country which prides itself in projects such as the campaign to find the cleanest toilet.

23.   His words closely echoed the official Chinese line on Taiwan, pronounced repeatedly and almost verbatim over the years by government spokesmen in Beijing.