Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

The government must investigate the allegations of corruption and eliminate the scourge in Chinese soccer. If they don't then it will kill football in China and all the efforts we are making ... will go to naught.

We see it as a clear example of persecution extending from China to U.S. soil.

Abigail Washburn

Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.

I don't care what political party is controlling China right now. All I know is we are all Chinese.

We should look at our commercial, cultural, educational and value system exchanges with China on one hand, and on the other hand we should develop our diplomatic and international value system with recognized people like the Dalai Lama.

The growth model China has relied on for the last 30 years - one predicated on low-cost exports to the rest of the world and investment in resource intensive heavy manufacturing - is unlikely to serve it well in the next 30 years.

The explosive growth in places like Shanghai has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and into a thriving new middle class. What China has done is nothing short of an economic transformation, and the citizens of this country have every right to be proud.

China's history is marked by thousands of years of world-changing innovations: from the compass and gunpowder to acupuncture and the printing press. No one should be surprised that China has re-emerged as an economic superpower.

We are expanding to eight million tons next year from six million this year to meet demand, which just keeps getting stronger and stronger as China manufactures more.

Falling demand in Europe and Japan weakened the overall growth even as demand from China remained strong.

Chiang Kai-shek

If we are to give the people of China complete self-government we must first solve the problem of livelihood for all, and give real freedom to the races within China. If the foundations of democracy are secure, then true equality can be achieved.

China and India are feeding their people for the first time in human history due to free markets, and the Left knows that, and it gets them nervous.

There is only one China in the world and the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government of the whole of China.

Byron Dorgan

This relates to a massive number of American jobs and American enterprise being shipped overseas in circumstances of trade that are fundamentally unfair because that is the way China wants it.

This reflects the importance of the upcoming vote on China trade,

There are already Chinese software companies, operating in China; they are fast learners ... If there will be a large software company emerging in Asia, it is likely to emerge in China first.

We've heard complaints that the existing requirements for foreigners to get permanent residence in China are too stringent, and we're studying possible changes.

We had a great deal of exposure to China last year but we've been reducing it mainly due to value not being there at the moment.

We will also be urging China to help us get the North Koreans to return to the six-party talks ... so that the people on the Korean peninsula have a future that's free from nuclear weapons.

Edmund Stoiber

What is going on in China now smells like technology theft.

Hu Jintao

What I would like to stress here is that China does not pursue a huge trade surplus in trade with the United States,