Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Ayittey

There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China.

The E.U.'s proposed plan to impose anti-dumping duty on imported Chinese shoes is unjust and lacks of legitimacy.

The environmental crisis, particularly for water, is coming to China earlier than expected.

Javier Solana

The engagement of the EU and China is total. We are going to vote together on the resolution.

Robert Browning

The hills, like giants at a hunting, lay, / Chin upon hand, to see the game at bay.

Ma Jian

The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality.

The trip will enable senior US military officials to have a close look at China and help reduce their misjudgment and misunderstanding of China,

These kinds of statements are groundless and have ulterior motives. The report's intention is to spread the China threat theory and whip up anti-China sentiment. We hope the U.S. government will take a clear-cut position on this issue.

Philip Gourevitch

These interviews were truly like nothing I had read before, ... On the other hand, they reminded me of everything from Studs Terkel to Bertolt Brecht. They offer a funny, weird glimpse of how Chinese society works.

These filings show the Chinese that if you don't make progress, we are going to exercise our rights. We are going to moderate trade.

Zhu Rongji

This is our bottom line, and the will of 1.25 billion Chinese people.

This has played an irreplaceable important role in promoting the steady development of relations between China and other countries.

All Chinese are Confucianists when successful, and Taoists when they are failures

All members of the international community should make due efforts in accordance with that. China will make its own utmost effort to help promote the inspection process in accordance with the U.N. Security Resolution 1441.

William Adams

The combination of a sharp rebound in US equities, a slightly weaker dollar and strong Chinese data seems to have been enough to underpin the metals.

The focus should be placed on how local governments and law enforcement departments implement the law, the development of rural farms run by returned overseas Chinese and their families, and the social security network.

The IEA report is very neutral. It is playing up the demand slowdown in China and 8 out of 9 OECD countries and down-playing the gasoline situation.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

A good majority of Chinese leadership today were trained in the Soviet Union in the 1950s,

Jeff Smith

You've got to have the right kind of trees. If you're a Chinese kid, you don't know about maple syrup. If you're raised in Georgia, like I was, you don't know about maple syrup.

All U.S. and international firms operating in China face the same dilemma of complying with laws that lack transparency and that can have disturbing consequences inconsistent with our own beliefs.

All things come to an end. We just need to keep our chins up, come back tomorrow and work and get ready to win Saturday.

Edward White

All you need is a name like Yao Ming, a couple of players in the Major Leagues, and you might well have significant Chinese involvement in baseball.

The gap has only widened in the immediate years. In 1980, China and India were comparable on data.

The general feeling here is that the trade deficit does not really come at the U.S. expense. The U.S. makes money at every stage of Chinese production.

The dollar's weakness stems from many factors. The China news is one of them, ... It is great electioneering rhetoric, but the import quotas will not stem the tide of Chinese textile imports... nor any other imports from China.

The economy's in a positive cycle of rising production, higher profits and more investment. Production will keep expanding next year because companies have removed excess inventories and exports to China and U.S. will remain brisk.

The Japanese obviously see China as a key market,

The January number surprised on the upside, and the February number should be even stronger because of the Chinese New Year factor.

The levels of piracy within China as a whole are extremely high, but our sense is that the government record is much better than that.

The latest draft put together by the Chinese delegation is a very negotiated document, ... We were really getting close, close to the end of this round.

Sun Tzu

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.

Sun Tzu

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.