“China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I don't believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly don't believe they do fear the United States.” BelieveStatesPastUnitedUnited StatesDon't BelieveChinaNuclearCapability Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government works.” KnowsMayStatesGovernmentRunningOne ThingChinaCupsCommunismTeaCups Of TeaGovernment Work Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt
“Yes. I do about 70 shows a year, in the past year I've been to Italy, Australia, Japan, China, just about everywhere. I do it because I love singing. The money is a bonus.” YearsShowsPastSingingChinaJapanAustraliaBonus70s Show Author:Katherine Jenkins
“This week Disney opened its first ever theme park in China. More than ten thousand children showed up on opening day. And that was just to make the T-shirts.” FirstsChildrenWeekThousandTenChinaOpeningShirtsParksThemeT ShirtTheme ParksOpening Day Author:Conan O'Brien
“I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds.” PeopleWantMindChinaPocketsShallow Author:Jack Ma
“I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.” YearsLooksBigsBitsDogEarsMadChinaMassiveLiverGreat DogPointers Author:Phil Daniels
“Chinese president Jiang Zemin met with former Bill Clinton in Hong Kong Wednesday. What a contrast. One is a ruthless communist who gains popularity by damaging the United States, while the other guy runs China.” StatesRunningGuyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesMetsGainsBillsClintonChinaFormerChineseCommunistContrastPopularityRuthlessOther GuysWednesdayHong Kong Author:Argus Hamilton
“Hillary showed off a new set of White House china at the mansion's 200th birthday dinner Thursday. She said she helped design it. It's thanks to her that all the White House china looks like it's been glued back together.” LooksSaidTogetherHouseWhiteDesignChinaDinnerThanksWhite HouseBack TogetherMansionsThursday Author:Argus Hamilton
“The U.S. Army cancelled an order for 600,000 black berets that were made in China. It's not just that they were made by slave laborers. It's that no soldier can feel good about himself wearing headgear from the Kathie Lee Collection.” FeelsMadeOrderBlackArmySlaveSoldierChinaFeel GoodCollectionsLaborersMade In China Author:Argus Hamilton
“The Obama administration has revealed the size of America's nuclear arsenal. We have 1,000 warheads aimed at China, 1,000 aimed at Russia, and the rest aimed at Fox News.” AmericaNewsSizeChinaNuclearRussiaAdministrationFoxesArsenalFox News Author:Jay Leno
“...China has announced that...it will hold the beach volleyball contest at the site of the 1989 massacre. Even Hitler didn't have the chutzpah to stage the 100-yard dash at Dachau.” StageChinaBeachSiteYardsContestsVolleyballMassacresDachauBeach Volleyball Author:Don Feder
“Considering all the different ways in which China has interacted with the world in the last 50 years, considering all the challenges ordinary Chinese people have to put up with, it's beneficial and, and, by any rational standard, non-threatening to have national energies channeled into this kind of competition. It's touching to see so many ordinary Chinese crowds cheering for their new heroes.” PeopleWorldWayYearsKindDifferentLastsEnergyChallengesHeroStandardsOrdinaryCompetitionCrowdsChinaRationalChineseDifferent WaysTouchingCheerConsideringThreateningBeneficial Author:James Fallows
“Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon, for this summer's travel season. This is not an energy policy. This is money laundering: we borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a little cut for ourselves as it goes through our gas tanks. What a way to build our country.” WayLittlesCountryEnergyLinesCuttingPolicyTaxesSummerDecidedSeasonsClintonChinaShipsOur CountryGasPushingCentsTanksArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisMccainGasolineGallonsEnergy PolicyMoney Laundering Author:Thomas Friedman
“Grasp the opportunity with both hands to feel really very special as an Indian reading these quotes on the Indian Independence Day. A number of famous and reputed persons have thrown some light on the chapter of Indian Independence. India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border!"” FeelsPersonsHandsLightReadingOpportunityNumbersSpecialCenturyIndiaIndependenceSoldierChinaIndianBordersThrownChaptersIndependence DayIndian Independence Day Author:Hu Shih
“As president, I will stand up to the great human rights tests of our time - in China, Russia, and the Middle East. We must send a signal to our allies and adversaries that America is back in the leadership business.” HumansAmericaPresidentRightsMiddleTestsHuman RightsChinaEastRussiaOur TimeAlliesMiddle EastSignalsAdversaries Author:Carly Fiorina
“None of great sages of China preached the precept of love as a guideline for human behavior.” HumansBehaviorChinaHuman BehaviorSageGuidelines Author:James Thayer
“Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?” FirstsDoePovertyRevolutionThirdsFingersChinaMessBellyPointingForeignersFaminePointing Fingers Author:Xi Jinping
“Environmentally, business in America in 1970 was very similar to business in China today. Even if a CEO wanted to be a responsible corporate citizen, he (and they were all "he's" then) simply couldn't invest a billion dollars in pollution controls to produce a product that was indistinguishable from those of his competitors. His products would be priced out of the market. Passing laws that created a clean, level playing field for whole industries had to be a core focus of the 1970s.” IfsWholeWould BeTodayWantedAmericaLawLevelsFocusFieldsProduceProductsIndustryCitizensResponsibleDollarsCleanChinaBillionsCorePassingPassingsCorporatePollutionCeoCompetitorsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing FieldPollution ControlPassing Laws Author:Denis Hayes
“It's much different today than it was during the Cold War. The CIA is not the subject of many books anymore. But that might change, because of international terrorism and Red China.” BookDifferentWarMightTodaySubjectsColdRedInternationalChinaTerrorismCold WarCiaInternational Terrorism Author:Nelson DeMille
“Fiction is more dangerous than nonfiction because it can seduce better. I think we all know this, know that deeper truths can be approached in fiction than in fact. There are risks for the reader, because after reading certain books you find you have changed irreversibly. There are risks for writers: in China, now, and Ethiopia and other countries right now, writers face real persecution.” ThinkingKnowsBookRealCountryFactsFacesCertainReadingFictionRiskDangerousChangedReaderRight NowChinaDeeperNonfictionOther CountriesPersecutionSeducingEthiopiaYou Have Changed Author:Chris Abani
“What people recognize is that there's a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward.” PeopleStatesLossUnitedUnited StatesIndiaUnionsChinaSovietDeclineSoviet UnionUnstoppableRise Of China Author:Michele Bachmann
“A lot more people will want to hear a 5-minute singing cartoon about Communism in China than will want to read that PhD thesis, and that's the power of it even if a lot of details will be missing - that's the reason something like that often has more impact on society.” PeopleIfsWantReasonMinutesMissingSingingImpactDetailsChinaCommunismCartoonThesisPhdsImpact On Society Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“At the moment we are facing a whole collection of difficult to forecast developments from the situation in China and the oil-price crash to the worrying news from some banks in Europe and the US. All of that is linked: Worldwide company debt is high and there is a lot of money in circulation. That is why necessary structural reforms are not being made.” MadeWholeMomentsDifficultCompanySituationWorryDevelopmentNewsEuropeChinaDebtOilReformCollectionsLots Of MoneyCrashLinkedCirculationForecastsOil Price Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“In China, it was always said that a double-digit rate of growth would be dangerous. Now, the country has a growth rate of 6.9 percent and suddenly that is supposed to be a catastrophe for the global economy.” SaidCountryWould BeGrowthEconomyDangerousPercentRateChinaSupposed To BeCatastropheGlobal Economy Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“Country [China] needs to continue opening up and keep connecting. It needs to realize that the world has become one. The old concept of isolation, the idea that you can solve your problems on your own does not work anymore - neither in cultural, economic, nor political terms.” WorldNeedsDoeIdeasCountryProblemPoliticalTermRealizingEconomicConceptsChinaSolveOpeningIsolationConnectingOpening Up Author:Zhang Xin
“Isolation means a lack of growth. I grew up in China at a time when the country was completely isolated. That era is over.” MeanCountryGrowthGrewGrew UpChinaErasIsolationIsolated Author:Zhang Xin
“Many years ago, we were only able to build boxes. Today, architects from all over the world are working with us - Zaha Hadid from London, Gerkan, Marg and Partner from Hamburg, Kengo Kuma from Japan. We brought design and digitalization from abroad to China.” WorldYearsTodayAbleDesignYears AgoBoxesChinaLondonPartnersJapanArchitect Author:Zhang Xin
“China's economy became more complex. By now there is a large number of small- and medium-sized companies that work quite differently from big, state-owned enterprises. They don't follow any long-term business plan and don't rent office space for years to come. They start out and need an office right away, for a week, a month or half a year, and they want to be among other entrepreneurs like themselves.” WantNeedsYearsLongStatesBigsTermSpaceNumbersHalfCompanyEconomyPlansWeekMonthsOfficeEntrepreneurComplexesChinaMediumsLong TermEnterpriseLarge NumbersBusiness PlanHalf A YearOffice Space Author:Zhang Xin
“Our tenants now are companies like Uber, the taxi service, Meituan.com, China's version of Groupon - and a large number of startups. These companies operate in a modern way, just like their customers: They go on the Internet, look for an offer and take it.” WayLooksNumbersCompanyModernGoes OnInternetOffersChinaCustomersVersionsLarge NumbersTaxiTenantsUber Author:Zhang Xin
“China has consistently surprised us. When I returned from the United States many years ago, it was unimaginable that we would end up where we are now. What China has achieved defies all logic. I credit this to the hard work and enterprising spirit of the Chinese people.” PeopleYearsEndsHardStatesSpiritUnitedUnited StatesHard WorkYears AgoLogicChinaCreditChineseConsistentlyUnimaginableEnterprising Author:Zhang Xin
“Because people along the route had realized that there was demand and quickly organized supply. That's so Chinese. In a well-organized country like Germany, such a problem may not have arisen in the first place, but in China people immediately recognized an opportunity.” PeopleFirstsWellsMayCountryProblemOpportunityDemandChinaChineseGermanyOrganizedRoutes Author:Zhang Xin
“It's a good thing that it is getting simpler to register a company in China, it is good that the exchange rate of our currency is getting more flexible and that it's getting easier for Chinese businesspeople to travel. All of this opens up our economy.” CompanyEconomyEasierGood ThingsRateChinaChineseCurrencyFlexibleRegister Author:Zhang Xin
“But it is a worry that there have been so many delays in the reform of China's state-owned enterprises. We all know that private companies are run more efficiently than state ones. These reforms are very much anticipated for the potential dynamism they could create.” KnowsHas BeensStatesRunningCompanyWorryChinaReformEnterpriseDelayDynamism Author:Zhang Xin
“China reformed its state sector before, in the late 1990s. Tens of millions were laid off at the time. That was scary and we had warnings of social unrest. But it did not happen. Instead, there was a restructuring in our economic system. I am not sure if China will follow a Western playbook in this respect.” IfsStatesHappensSocialMillionsEconomicLateWesternScaryChinaNot SureWarningEconomic SystemsUnrestRestructuringPlaybooksLaid OffSocial Unrest Author:Zhang Xin
“On the one hand the world is getting more integrated and we should not dismiss social values as "Western" when they are actually modern values. On the other hand, individual countries have their own history and their own evolution. Trade unions, for example, don't play the same role in China as they do in Europe or the US.” WorldShouldCountryPlayHandsValuesIndividualSocialRolesModernExampleEvolutionEuropeTradeUnionsWesternChinaIntegratedTrade UnionsSocial Values Author:Zhang Xin
“When we started out, we didn't really think that the era of great opportunity would end one day. We were much too busy developing our companies. But in today's China you can build a city, even a mega-city like Beijing or Shanghai, within 10 or 15 years. And then you are done. So in real estate development, the Gründerzeit is over. But that is not the case in other sectors.” ThinkingYearsRealEndsDoneTodayOpportunityCitiesCompanyCasesDevelopmentOne DayBusyChinaDevelopingErasEstatesToo BusyGreat OpportunityBeijingMegaShanghai Author:Zhang Xin
“I firmly believe that digitalization has only just begun in China. In addition to the taxi, transport, shopping and hotel businesses, many other industries will follow: education, health care, administration, even the legal branch - everything, really. There is still a lot of opportunity in China for the inventive and ambitious ones.” BelieveStillsCareOpportunityIndustryChinaAdministrationHealth CareBranchesHotelShoppingAmbitiousTransportTaxi Author:Zhang Xin
“Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that he will donate $45 billion of his wealth to philanthropy. Two years ago, my husband and I decided to endow $100 million to set up the SOHO China Scholars. This program will give financial aid to Chinese students so they can attend the best universities in the world.” WorldGivingYearsTwoWealthMillionsStudentsHusbandYears AgoProgramDecidedMarkUniversityFinancialChinaAidsBillionsChineseTwo YearsMy HusbandScholarPhilanthropyDonateTwo Years AgoZuckerbergSohoFinancial Aid Author:Zhang Xin
“I have a profound dislike for showing off one's material wealth. This is insensitive and it is not what human hearts are made for. But what I like about China and sometimes miss in Europe is the entrepreneurial spirit of our young people, their ambition and dynamism.” PeopleHumansHeartMadeSometimesYoungSpiritWealthMissingMaterialsAmbitionEuropeProfoundChinaDislikeHuman HeartEntrepreneurialShowing OffInsensitiveDynamismMaterial WealthEntrepreneurial Spirit Author:Zhang Xin
“We are not very good at this. Our success rests on our international experience and on our ability to read the market. And I contest the notion that you can only succeed in China when you are well-connected. Neither my husband nor I are "princelings" - children of influential people, that is. And yet China has enabled us to succeed.” PeopleWellsChildrenAbilitySucceedHusbandNotionVery GoodInternationalChinaConnectedMy HusbandContestsInfluentialInfluential People Author:Zhang Xin
“I think our legal system needs to be developed. Cases of citizens who are detained and then have to wait much too long for a trial - that is scary, for everyone. When someone commits a crime he needs to be charged quickly. Why does this take so long in many cases? I don't know. Is it because our legal system is still rudimentary? China has promised to modernize its legal system. This has high priority.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsLongDoeStillsWaitingCasesCrimeCitizensScaryChinaPrioritiesTrialsCommitLegal System Author:Zhang Xin
“Chinese no longer crave so much for food and accommodation, but they do crave democracy. I stand by that. I don't know which model China will follow.” KnowsDemocracyModelsChinaChineseCraveAccommodations Author:Zhang Xin
“I'm thinking of people in rural Japan and China, where McDonald's hasn't yet arrived. These are the thinnest, healthiest, longest-lived people with the least risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.” PeopleThinkingRiskDiseaseChinaJapanMcdonaldsDiabetesCardiovascularCardiovascular Disease Author:Neal Barnard
“In China, because China is gaining wealth, rice consumption is way down. Rice is a poor person's food, and they're eating less of it. To wait in line at a fast food chain is cool. And they haven't historically had weight problems. So they don't have this culture of, "I need to lose weight."” WayNeedsPersonsProblemCultureWaitingLosesLinesWealthPoorHavensEatingWeightChinaChainsConsumptionRiceFast FoodLose WeightFood ChainWeight ProblemsEating Less Author:Neal Barnard
“The Hollywood executives are, like, ‘We’re not racist, we just have to pretend to be racists because we’re capitalists. We want to sell our movies in China (and) they don’t like Kevin Hart.’” WantHollywoodSellsChinaRacistExecutivesCapitalistKevinHart Author:Bill Maher
“Famines occur under a colonial administration, like the British Raj in India or for that matter in Ireland, or under military dictators in one country after another, like Somalia and Ethiopia, or in one-party states like the Soviet Union and China.” CountryMatterStatesPartyMilitaryIndiaUnionsChinaBritishAdministrationSovietIrelandDictatorSoviet UnionFamineEthiopiaSomalia Author:Amartya Sen
“Japan became an imperialist country in many ways, but that was much later, after it had already made big progress. I dont think Japans wealth was based on exploiting China. Japans wealth was based on its expansion in international trade.” ThinkingWayMadeCountryBigsWealthProgressTradeInternationalChinaJapanExpansionInternational Trade Author:Amartya Sen
“The hidden village was something we found when we went to research in China we climbed a mountain in the Sichuan province where the panda sanctuary is based, and we climbed to this beautiful, mist-covered, almost primordial place and when we turned these corners these moss covered old buildings would come into view, revealing themselves and it was so beautiful and so unlike anything we'd seen that we literally took those moments and put them into the film [Kung Fu Panda 3].” MomentsBeautifulFilmFoundViewsBuildingMountainResearchCornersChinaVillageCoveredRevealingMistSanctuaryProvincesMossKung FuPandasOld BuildingsKung Fu Panda Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“If the British think they can simply detach from the continent and sail towards the USA or China, then they are mistaken.” IfsThinkingChinaBritishUsaContinentsSailMistaken Author:Yanis Varoufakis
“In China, I helped introduce UNEP's campaign to reduce food waste on World Environment Day. The government took notice of food waste issues and now, when you over-order in a restaurant, you are encouraged to downsize. This is where people can really impact policy and vice versa!” PeopleWorldGovernmentOrderIssuesEnvironmentPolicyWasteImpactVicesChinaCampaignsRestaurantsIntroducingVice VersaWorld EnvironmentFood Waste Author:Li Bingbing