Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Clinton

It is idiotic to contemplate a future that is anything other than one of cooperation between China and the U.S. for future prosperity. But on the other hand, it will be foolish not to prepare for the worst.

Hu Jintao

It is inevitable for China and the United States to have different views on some issues as the two countries have different history, culture and domestic situation,

Junichiro Koizumi

I will decide appropriately, ... I don't think all the other issues with China would get resolved.

President Bush's visit has greatly increased mutual understanding, deepened mutual trust and strengthened co-operation between China and the United States ,

Part of the path higher has been helped by the news from China that they don't plan to lighten their load of Treasuries.

Our operations in China are indistinguishable from any of the 84 countries where we operate, ... We've never had any problems with the Chinese government restricting what we were doing or any incidents where proprietary information was lost.

Peter Morgan

Certainly, I think to some extent Japan is happy to step back and let China take all the heat.

But there remains the problem of how to deal with ties with neighboring countries, especially China and South Korea, ... We must strive to improve relations with China and South Korea with a forward-looking view.

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.

There is a philosophical feeling that abolishing the leap second results in greater decoupling of the time scale from rotation of the Earth, and that this is not a good thing. But we put up with daylight-savings time in the United States, and China has one time zone for the entire country. My own feeling is that we all live with departures.

Michael Phelps

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me.

It is a clear signal China will revive the project as telecom giants have joined the industry.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

I think the implications for the rise of China are huge in terms of the political landscape, economic balance, de-velopment thinking, and the environment.

It is going to put a lot of pressure on the US to get China to move further on yuan flexibility and to the extent that they don't, that's going to raise protectionist rhetoric in Congress.

Margaret Beckett

It is clear that for China and India the priority is (economic) development.

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.

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.

Hu Jintao

The fact that China had realized the great jump from one-person, one-day space flight to multi-person, multi-day space missions within two years has marked a new landmark victory in China's manned space technology,

Li Keqiang

China not only does not support hacking but also opposes it.

Li Keqiang

Since entering the new century, China and Africa have seized the historic opportunities presented by the deepening of globalization, worked together and helped each other to achieve a win-win outcome.

Dalai Lama

Had Tibet not fallen away from dharma China could not have invaded.

Andrew Lau

Audiences in mainland China know how to discuss movies.

That was prior to out acquisition of Yahoo China so we're not in a position to comment on the details of what may or may not have happened.

Clive James

If we look at the investment in China in biotech crops, it is very significant.

If we are seeing China back to growth, that is another stress factor back in the oil market.

If that's the economic model, China is in trouble.

If some cities in southern China could set up ice rinks or indoor ski resorts and involve more people, the reserve force of the country's winter sportsmen will become larger.

Major U.S. companies do this and it is regarded as normal. So why should China not be entitled to do so?

One doesn't know whether that economic growth will continue at its recent rates, and China may well go into an economic slide.

Maajid Nawaz

'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.