Famous Quotes & Sayings

It hasn't been handled very well. I would have thought the administration would have learned a lesson from the China National Offshore Oil Corp. of last year.

Joan Chen

I did somehow manage to get into a college in China that trains diplomats when I was 17, one year before my peers could go, which is very very difficult. I was very proud I did.

Stephen Hadley

I dispute the premise, ... I think most people you talk to would say our relations with Japan, Korea and China have rarely been better.

I don't know much about China. I look forward to seeing China and to the concert as well. To me, it's a 'special honor' as very few performers from my era have ever performed in China.

Harley-Davidson has succeeded for 100 years. We hope China will continue that trend for another 100 years.

Najib Razak

I think the rise of China is inevitable, because China has moved from a low-cost producer, at low levels of technology, to higher levels of technology, and because it's very competitive, even in some high-tech products they offer at very competitive rates - much lower than their competitors.

Rebecca MacKinnon

If China someday gains a more fair, just, and accountable system of government, it will be due to the hard work and efforts of the Chinese people, not due to the inexorable workings of any particular technology.

If China slams on the brakes, there's going to be a wave of pricing pressure.

If China isn't moving, then the right thing to do is go home.

If China gets into WTO first, Taiwan should quickly follow in China's wake. Probably within a month... as after this period China will gain voting rights.

If China does not roll out its own trunk-liner by 2020, then the country will not succeed in 2030 or 2040 so it is really a rush.

If China does not respond to some of these environmental or human rights issues, then it's going to be very difficult for the Chinese government to maintain some form of political stability, given this hot pace of development.

Growth is down from last year. The U.S. and China led demand growth last year but that's changing. The situation in China and has changed; they are not using as much distillate fuel for power generation.

Given the evidence of deteriorating investment efficiency, China needs to rebalance its growth by shifting away from investment toward consumption.

For years, American officials visiting China marvelled at how Chinese leaders could push through infrastructure projects and sweeping legislative changes without the complications of opposition and the niceties of voting.

For sure by 2006 China will become number four and by 2010 it will be more than Germany.

From an equities point of view, we think China will go from strength to strength over the next couple of years. We might see some adjustments, but I don't think they will be major corrections and that means there should still be plenty of investment opportunities for us.

Javier Solana

Further work continues to be necessary in order to make this possible, including explaining what we plan to do to European public opinion, as well as to our international partners, including the US but also China too.

further productive discussions with China in the mutual interests of the two countries.

Alan Greenspan

Further development of China's trading relationships with the United States and other industrial countries will work to strengthen the rule of law within China and to firm its commitment to economic reform,

Jack Ma

From today onwards, in China Yahoo means a search engine and a search engine means Yahoo,

Kids in China and India are getting a better education.

I wouldn't rule out commercial uses either, though China Mobile is unlikely to recklessly sell sensitive information on its high-end customers, given how much effort it expends to keep them happy.

William Daley

I think it is important that China be in the WTO. But they must come in a commercially-meaningful way. And that means that their market has to be open for U.S. products to be sold into.? They should live by the rules the rest of the world lives by.

But considering China mainland's scandal-riddled brokerage sector, any concrete move may not come early this year before risk-management rules are finalized while only select brokerages are likely to be included at the initial stage.

But China lacks an inspection force that can come in and shut down operations when the conditions demand it. They'll say they close lots (of unsafe mines), but they're not really serious.

But for the Europeans, it is also important to maintain their good ties with the Russians and the Chinese. The cooperation or the lack of obstruction you see from Russia and China at the moment is from the fact that the Europeans gained credibility in the past by going down the negotiations path.

China would regard Russia as the primary alternative source and OPEC is worried about that.

China would regard Russia as the primary alternative source, and OPEC is worried about that.

China wouldn't want to hurt the value of the dollar, which is what would happen if they started selling their U.S. assets.

Prince Charles

China will tonight take responsibility for a place and a people which matter greatly to us all.

China will, together with the international community, continue to strive for the political settlement of the Iraqi issue within the framework of the United Nations.

China will pressure investors to invest in the stock market rather than the property market, in order to prevent further property bubbles.