Famous Quotes & Sayings

Li Peng

If some Western politician claims he is in a position to use the normal Western methods to feed and clothe 1.2 billion Chinese, we would be happily prepared to elect him president of China.

Employment did not pick up in February probably because the property market was still sluggish after the Chinese Lunar New Year and some companies and retailers were letting staff go after the peak season.

David Graddol

English is likely to remain one of the world's most important languages, but the share of the world's population that speaks English as a native language is falling. As of 1995, English was the second most-common tongue in the world, trailing only Chinese. By 2050, Chinese will continue its predominance.

Europe looks at China as more of a strategic partner than a competitive threat so it has stayed more out of the currency debate than the U.S..

Europeans should definitely have a role in this package. Russia would have an essential role, China could have a role, too. The proposal has the potential to advance.

Jiang Zemin

Even before the September 11 attacks, China and other members of the SCO had signed the Shanghai Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism and are now stepping up efforts to set up a regional anti-terrorism agency,

Zach Wamp

Folks, I don't want my president to leave office with a $10 trillion deficit. I don't want China to own more of our country through our debt.

Every year there are more than 10,000 criminals who win medical parole in accordance with Chinese regulations. Therefore, there is no question whatsoever that there was a deal between China and the United States.

Except we have to first obtain travel documents. It's a whole process of getting through to the Chinese government. It's a very slow process.

The responsible elite in China has no intention of picking a fight with the United States. But no one has much hope that the two countries can develop deep feelings of trust, either.

As today's data confirmed a solid upturn in Chinese demand, which had slowed late last year and early this year, as well as firm demand in the United States, Japanese exports are most likely to maintain brisk gains in the near term.

Richard Boucher

At this point, there's nothing set ... The Chinese are working this one, and when they have something to tell us, I'm sure they will.

At the top level the two have become frank and pragmatic in discussing the major issues between them. But China is also trying to expand its influence in the world at the expense of the U.S., which is not something we are going to give them a pass on.

Discrimination is forcing many people to live as outcasts, and the Chinese government tolerates it instead of combating it,

Lawrence Lessig

Distinguished Chinese works can also be more easily accessed by the world.

Chiang Kai-shek

Contempt for China on the part of the enemy is his weak point. Knowledge of this weak point is our strong point.

Corning is fully committed to the LCD industry in China and to growing with our customers in this important region of the world market.

Wen Jiabao

cut off Taiwan from the sacred territory of the Chinese motherland.

We are very pleased to enter into discussions about possible next steps of co-operation with our Chinese industrial partners who, over the years, have developed real industrial competence on which we can now draw.

We have done well in China . They think once they are on the Nasdaq, they've arrived.

We have different versions of what revitalizing Chinatown means.

Katie Lee

We have developed special software and applications to support Chinese users but we won't launch specifically designed products for mainland users.

We do not think there is an issue of refugees between China and North Korea

We are very concerned for master Li's personal safety, ... What will China do next?

Stephen Hadley

We think, in the end of the day, China also faces a strategic choice: whether they are going to follow up the increasing amounts of economic freedom they're affording to the people and whether they are willing to respond to the inevitable demands of their people for political freedom as well.

We saw resistance to the initial Korean cars, but that was mainly related to quality. If the quality (of Chinese cars) is up to snuff, if the consumer feels there's value, they'll go for it.

Michael Eisner

You go to the park and you see mothers, daughters and kids and grandparents. The family unit in China is unbelievably strong. It's not just Hong Kong, it's mainland China,

Pankaj Mishra

The Korean War, which China entered on the side of North Korea, fixed Mao's image in the United States as another unappeasable Communist.

Pankaj Mishra

Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages.

Paolo Bacigalupi

The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.

Michio Kaku

Leaders in China and India realize that science and technology lead to success and wealth. But many countries in the West graduate students into the unemployment line by teaching skills that were necessary to live in 1950.

Michio Kaku

In 2025, don't be surprised if a Chinese flag is placed on the moon.

Meshach Taylor

As far as being a deliveryman is concerned, I see nothing wrong with being a delivery man. You know, black or white or Hispanic or Chinese or whatever, you know? It's a job.