Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robin Cook

Hong Kong will be the main centerpiece of our relations with China for a long time to come,

Chinese workers working in Chinatown are quite vulnerable. For them to be willing to come file a lawsuit in their names shows they are not only outraged, they are ready to stand up.

China adopts a principle of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs.

Can they make profits (in China )? Yes,

But I still think China has a lot of problems that will hinder the growth and development of the chip production industry.

Rebecca MacKinnon

I lived in China for 9 years straight. I saw how my Chinese friends benefited and gained much more freedom to determine the course of their lives, their jobs, their creative works, and their identities over the course of a decade. Much of this increased freedom is thanks to economic engagement by the West.

In this crucial area, China is not playing by the rules. Failure to get progress on the economic issues will undermine the whole relationship and make it harder to get cooperation on security issues.

How did they get this note? ... China has detailed provisions about what you have to do to execute a search.

John Williamson

I don't think India is competing with China yet.

Meg Whitman

I didn't have one. I went to Shanghai instead, trying to figure out the China market, because my company's future may depend on it.

It's a very unique opportunity to learn about Bibles in China and a lot of the history ... and what the churches are facing now in China. There's never been anything like it.

It's a challenging task but that shouldn't be an excuse for China not starting on it right now.

It is ridiculous not to have China and India ... on our side of the table in the energy policy debate internationally.

It is US policy to encourage China to emerge as a responsible international partner. However, there is also a lack of transparency and some uncertainty surrounding China's future path.

John Engler

It's time for China to play by the rules.

I want to leave something for sports and expand the influence of sports in China and the world.

It that hadn't happened, Chinatown would have died.

It took a long time for wheat to become successfully naturalized in China. It gradually spread from northwestern China to the East and to the South.

It will facilitate the world's space research if Russia, China and the European Union join hands on space research.

It will definitely go past France, so for sure China is going to be the number five economy in the world.

It will take five to 10 years for China to become a major force. We're still talking relatively small numbers. I can easily see 100-percent growth in the next couple of years.

They come from China and in that culture, respect is extremely important. Initially they didn't feel that they had it from Inverness and they felt they had to earn it.

They claim it's loss of market share and I sort of indicated 'were they importing from China and South Africa' and they say 'not', there's just been a real downturn in their market and they've lost their share.

The two appointments underscore the government's intention to do what is needed to meet the goals set out for financial reforms... and to better control its China policy. While they are seasoned executives at government firms, they are still more of policy executors rather than policy makers.

The U.S. must differentiate between controversial assertions of power, like those in the South China Sea, and fair reflections of China's growing contribution to the world, such as the new banks.

The U.S. government is continuing its effort to get China -- as a responsible and mature player in the rules-based global trading system -- to play by the rules.

David Cohen

The U.S. and China continue as the primary engines of export growth for the region, and we are seeing improvements in Europe and Japan as well. Export strength is helping support investment and consumer demand.

Raghuram Rajan

The U.S. and China are running on processes which in the long run are unsustainable. Oil prices are proving an increasing strain on growth.

They've gotten on the path that allows them to do so and we'd like to see China continue on that path,

Angela Merkel

It makes no sense to complain about China and India because their people are so hard-working.

Its an important time for him to go there, to explain to the Americans that China is not a threat to the U.S.. China wants to be a partner, and China wants to let the Americans know what has happened in China.

Bob Geldof

It's going to have to happen now because China will be all over Africa...and they will embrace any government.

Dick Armey

It's going to be tougher and tougher to get the votes (in the House) if China doesn't quit threatening Taiwan.