    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2001, Book II)]
    [October 20, 2001]
    [Pages 1270-1271]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    The President's Radio Address
    October 20, 2001

        Good morning. I'm speaking to you today from Shanghai, China, at an
    international meeting of Pacific Rim nations where we are continuing to
    enlist the resources of the civilized world in our war against
    terrorism.
        I am meeting with leaders from China and Mexico, Russia and Canada,
    Australia and Japan, and many other friends, allies, and trading
    partners. We're discussing ways to cooperate to improve intelligence,
    freeze funding, and better track down terrorist groups. We're also
    discussing ways to better protect all our citizens from a new threat,
    the threat of bioterrorism.
        America has now confirmed several different cases of anthrax
    exposure in Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC. I commend
    the many health and law enforcement officials who have worked quickly to
    identify people who may have been exposed and provide preventative
    antibiotic treatment. Their quick work has no doubt saved lives.
        We do not yet know who sent anthrax to the United States Capitol or
    several different media organizations. We do not, at this point, have
    any evidence linking the anthrax to the terror network that carried out
    the attacks of September 11. We do know that anyone who deliberately
    delivers anthrax is engaged in a crime and an act of terror, a hateful
    attempt to harm innocent people and frighten our citizens.
        Our health care laboratories and law enforcement officials continue
    to work overtime to test samples, to track leads, and prosecute hoaxes
    that have now been reported not only across America but across the
    world. These attacks once again reveal the evil at the heart of
    terrorism, the evil we must fight.
        The nations meeting here in Shanghai understand what is at stake. If
    we do not stand against terrorism now, every civilized nation will at
    some point be its target. We will defeat the terrorists by destroying
    their network, wherever it is found. We will also defeat the terrorists
    by building an enduring prosperity that promises more opportunity and
    better lives for all the world's people. We will oppose envy,
    resentment, and anger with growth, trade, and democracy.
        The countries of the Pacific Rim made the decision to open
    themselves up to the world, and the result is one of the great
    development success stories of our time. The peoples of this region are
    more prosperous, healthier, and better educated than they were only two
    decades ago. Many more live under democratically elected governments.
        This progress has been achieved by people of all cultures and all
    religions, by Christian and Buddhist South Korea, and majority-Muslim
    Malaysia and Indonesia. And this progress proves what openness can
    accomplish.
        The terrorists attacked the World Trade Center. They fear trade
    because they understood that trade brings freedom and hope. We're in
    Shanghai to advance world trade because we know that trade can conquer
    poverty and despair. In this struggle of freedom against fear, the
    outcome is not in doubt; freedom will win. And it will bring new hope to
    the lives of millions of people in Asia and throughout the world.
        Thank you for listening.

    Note: The address was recorded at 3:37 p.m. on October 19 at the Portman
    Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Shanghai, China, for broadcast at 10:06 a.m., EST,
    on October 20. The transcript was made available by the Office of the
    Press Secretary on October 19 but was embargoed for release until the
    broadcast.

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    The Office of the Press Secretary also released a Spanish language
    transcript of this address.