Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shenzhou 2 looks to be going very well indeed. If Shenzhou 3 in time goes as well, then the Chinese may decide to risk putting the first two (people) onboard Shenzhou 4.

Momentum has been consolidated at quite a high level with strength coming mainly from mainland Chinese demand. This should be sustained through the first quarter of next year.

Tess Gerritsen

Mom and I often talked about the trip we'd someday take together to the 'city of eternal spring' where she was born. In Kunming, she said, the fruits are sweeter, the mountains look like Chinese paintings, and the weather is always perfect.

Now we know Yahoo works regularly and efficiently with the Chinese police.

Neither movement is going to have any appreciable effect on the relative prices of U.S. and Chinese goods,

Obviously people have become more confident (in) Chinese banking. People are expecting corporate governance issues are going to improve, and further improvements in risk management.

Never has the Chinese government put the environment issue in such an important position. It is vital to stability and prosperity of our country and people.

Philosophies such as Marxism-Leninism and Communism are entirely losing their attractiveness. With the gunshots in 1989, they have collapsed like soap bubbles. Being in this situation, the Chinese Communist Party is soliciting new concepts to unify the Chinese society. Nationalism or patriotism seems operable to fill the vacuum left by Marxism-Leninism and Mao's Communism.

So far, the Chinese who have seen my work tend to see a mix of Eastern and Western cultures.

Richard Boucher

So it's an open question as to whether one will be able to say that they got a fair trial or not, particularly given what we know about the Chinese legal system.

Wen Jiabao

So long as there is still a glimmer of hope, ... the Chinese government will not give up its efforts for peaceful reunification and for a peaceful settlement of the question.

Wang Jianlin

If you are only big in China, you are only a local Chinese company.

Denis Kearney

There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south.

My form is more on the lines of a Chinese porcelain-jar juggler. They learn it as a child. They learn, learn, learn, learn - but not with a porcelain jar. Then, when they're ready to perform, they're taken to a museum, and they're given a porcelain jar for a lifetime to use. When they're done, it's returned to the museum.

Ashwin Sanghi

Mythology is like a game of Chinese Whispers. What goes in at one end of the human circle is rarely what emerges at the other end.

I grew up with a fascination with Marco Polo. I had this unlikely interest in the East as a young man, and you can't really read about Chinese history and philosophy without encountering him at every turn.

We'll also have the Chinese and a team from either Jamaica or the Bahamas. This meet ranks with a lot of meets in Europe. What better place to take a test?

It all goes back to 'Wow, I never knew this about Marco Polo.' This is an incredible story and an incredible character, and such a rich world of Mongolian and Chinese culture.

Market nerves are ragged. Its like Chinese water torture. We thought we'd have resolution from Blix, then we thought (U.S. Secretary of State Colin) Powell was going to give the definitive statement and now its dragging on until next Friday.

Alan Greenspan

Chinese productivity is the highest in the world but the way they do it is by borrowing the technology from abroad, either by joint ventures or other means.

Howard Rheingold

The Chinese government tried to keep a lid on the SARS crisis, but there were 160 million text messages in three days sent by Chinese citizens. These are early indications that it's going to be difficult for people who used to have control over the news to maintain that level of control.

When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects.

There's an order coming from the Chinese and I think more people are realizing that Boeing has done a nice job of managing its business.

Gary Becker

A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

All of us are Chinese and we need to have more understanding of the mainland people, the mainland system.

After such a slow 2005 for Chinese oil demand an acceleration in growth looks highly likely in 2006 and this will exert further pressure on oil supply and prices.

Randy Johnson

That's a start, but there are millions of Chinese students who are studying English right now. If we're going to compete effectively, we have to increase our focus on global communication.

That's clearly an important thing for us. The Chinese government is a major customer of software. We have had a problem in the past with government ministries using illicit copies and the Chinese have made a commitment to stop that.

Does the fact that this corporation operates under Chinese law free it from all ethical considerations? How far will it go to please Beijing?

Eric Schmidt

The No. 1 goal, by far, is to serve the Chinese citizen who wants information.

For me it's a great honor ... I think the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee chose me to encourage me and reward me because I have done a lot for my country through my results in sports.

For Chinese refineries, every time they sell a ton of gasoline or diesel, they lose 1,000 RMB. The whole refining industry is hurting.

Food with Chinese printing on the packaging, newspapers printed in Chinese and Chinese-manufactured clothing were found in the house. Police concluded that the inhabitants of the house were mainly Chinese.