“China spends a lot of resources and effort on gaining soft power over culture. The hope is that it can be the last lifeline for the Party's survival. Obviously, the idea will fail.” IdeasLastsCulturePartyEffortFailingSurvivalResourcesChinaLifelines Author:Ai Weiwei
“With respect to my own husband, I am probably still going to pick the flowers and the china for state dinners and stuff like that. But I will certainly turn to him as prior presidents have for special missions, for advice.” StillsStatesTurnsStuffPresidentMy OwnSpecialAdviceFlowerHusbandPicksChinaDinnerMissions Author:Hillary Clinton
“The Chinese did after all decide that the Soviet Union was a greater threat than the United States and decided to come to terms with the United States when Nixon visits China.” StatesTermUnitedUnited StatesGreaterDecidedUnionsThreatChinaChineseSovietSoviet Union Author:Vijay Prashad
“China is now urging citizens to eat less meat. Factory farming comes with immense costs to a society, and Chinese leaders are starting to recognize its implications for water use, the efficient use of grains and other food resources, and human health concerns.” HumansUseWaterLeaderCitizensCostResourcesConcernStartingChinaChineseMeatFactoriesEfficientGrainImmenseFarmingImplicationsFactory FarmingHuman Health Author:Wayne Pacelle
“China cares about its reputation and doesn't want to be known as the nation whose preferences drove the extinction of elephants.” WantCareNationsKnownChinaReputationElephantsPreferenceExtinction Author:Wayne Pacelle
“China is a keen observer of trends elsewhere in the world, and it's going to give our own innovators a run for their money.” WorldGivingRunningChinaTrendsElsewhereObserversInnovators Author:Wayne Pacelle
“We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.” EnoughPlayHavensIndiaChinaRussia Author:Lemmy Kilmister
“I've been to Canada, and they love - oh my God, they love their stand-up comedy in Canada. I've been overseas to do shows for the troops all over the Middle East, and I actually went to China recently and did shows, not for the troops, but just for local Chinese people, and Americans that have moved there, and things like that. It was fantastic. They got it. They're way smarter than we give them credit for.” PeopleWayGivingShowsComedyMiddleMovedChinaCreditEastLocalsFantasticChineseCanadaMiddle EastTroopsSmarterStand Up Comedy Author:Brad Williams
“We handed over nothing, those territories [Tarabarov Island to China] were disputed and we have been negotiating this issue with the People's Republic of China, let me stress that, for 40 years, and finally managed to come to an agreement. One part of the territory was assigned to Russia, while another part - to the People's Republic of China.” PeopleYearsHas BeensIssuesLet MeStressChinaRussiaIslandsAgreementRepublicTerritoryNegotiating Author:Vladimir Putin
“Notably, it was only possible [ negotiating on the Tarabarov Island], and this is very important, due to the high level of trust Russia and China reached in their relations by that time. If we reach the same level of trust with Japan, we might be able to reach certain compromises.” IfsImportantMightAbleCertainLevelsRelationChinaDuesRussiaCompromiseIslandsJapanHigh LevelNegotiating Author:Vladimir Putin
“However, there is a fundamental difference between the issue related to Japan's history and our negotiations with China. What is it all about? The Japanese issue resulted from World War II and is stipulated in the international instruments on the outcomes of World War II, while our discussions on border issues with our Chinese counterparts have nothing to do with World War II or any other military conflicts. This is the first, or rather, I should say, the second point.” WorldShouldFirstsWarDifferencesIssuesMilitaryConflictFundamentalsInstrumentsInternationalChinaChineseDiscussionBordersWar Of The WorldsOutcomesRelatedJapanWorld War IiWorld War INegotiationCounterparts Author:Vladimir Putin
“The sanctions have nothing to do with our relations with China, because our relations with the People's Republic of China are at an unprecedented high both in terms of their level and substance. They are what we call "a comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation".” PeopleTermLevelsRelationChinaSubstanceRepublicCooperationPartnershipStrategicComprehensiveSanctionsUnprecedented Author:Vladimir Putin
“Sanctions have nothing to do with this [relations with the People's Republic of China]. The decline in our mutual trade has objective causes, which are the energy prices and the exchange rate difference. But the physical volumes have not decreased, quite the opposite actually. They are growing.” PeopleEnergyCausesDifferencesGrowingOppositesRelationTradeRateChinaObjectivesMutualRepublicDeclineVolumeSanctions Author:Vladimir Putin
“As to our trade and economic relations with China, they are growing more and more diverse each day, something we have worked on for a long time with our partners from China.” LongGrowingEconomicLong TimeRelationTradeChinaPartnersEach DayDiverse Author:Vladimir Putin
“I would like to draw attention to the fact that we have gone from pure trade [with China] in traditional goods [energy resources, such as hydrocarbons, oil and now natural gas, petrochemicals on the one hand and textiles and footwear on the other] to a whole new level of economic cooperation. For example, we are working together on space programmes. Moreover, we are developing and soon will begin the production of a heavy helicopter. We are now tracing the plan for the creation of a wide-body long-range aircraft.” LongWholeFactsBodyHandsTogetherEnergyNaturalSpaceLevelsAttentionGonePlansEconomicExampleCreationPureDrawsResourcesTradeProductionsHeavyChinaWideOilTraditionalDevelopingRangeGasWorking TogetherGoodsCooperationProgrammesAircraftHelicoptersNatural GasTracingTextilesFootwearHydrocarbonsEconomic Cooperation Author:Vladimir Putin
“Russia and China also cooperate in mechanical engineering, high-speed railway transportation, lumber processing, nuclear energy production and so on. We have built the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant. Two units are already operational and are showing good results.” TwoEnergyResultsBuiltPlantProductionsChinaSpeedNuclearRussiaEngineeringUnitsTransportationProcessingRailwayNuclear PowerHigh SpeedPower PlantsNuclear EnergyLumberEnergy Production Author:Vladimir Putin
“The goal we have set for ourselves, which is to diversify our cooperation with China, is making progress.” GoalProgressChinaCooperation Author:Vladimir Putin
“Some writers whom I respect very much, like China Miéville and some others of the New Weird, consider the true role of fantasy to be not Tolkienesque consolation but subversion - a kind of rebe Ûllion from complacency. Yes, I can see what is meant here. And I also see the need to change, to fix, to drastically improve the human lot.” NeedsHumansKindI CanRolesFantasyChinaConsolationComplacencyNeed A ChangeSubversionYes I Can Author:Vera Nazarian
“When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of my essays, I remember the kind of things that fascinated me. Weird things, even, about a wizard who lived in Africa and went to China to find a lamp... Fascinating to me because they were about things remote, and almost ethereal.” PeopleKindStoriesSchoolRememberLandChinaFascinatingFascinatedEssaysLampsWizardsWeird ThingsEthereal Author:Chinua Achebe
“President Obama is viewed by much of the world as feckless, weak, and incompetent, even antiAmerican - and that's by nations who are our allies and friends. As it pertains to China, Iran and North Korea (who just set off a nuclear weapon) they spit in America's face. They have no respect for America, and they sure as hell have no fear of America.” WorldAmericaFacesNationsPresidentHellWeaponsWeakChinaNuclearIranAlliesPresident ObamaNuclear WeaponsNo FearKoreaNorth KoreaSpitIncompetentHave No FearNo RespectFeckless Author:Ted Nugent
“China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.” BigsDifficultInfluenceProudEmbraceChinaCategories Author:Madeleine Albright
“We are technologically ahead of Russia and China. We can develop a nuclear shield for the United States, for Poland, and for the Czech Republic. Russia is deadly frightened of that. They have been trying to get us to give that up for 20 years since [Ronald] Reagan.” GivingTryingYearsHas BeensStatesUnitedUnited StatesChinaNuclearRussiaFrightenedRepublicShieldsPolandCzechCzech Republic Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Netflix is in every country except China and North Korea. Enough people have seen the show. I mean, I'm in Patagonia and people recognize the show [ Narcos].” PeopleMeanCountryEnoughShowsChinaKoreaNorth KoreaNetflixPatagonia Author:Boyd Holbrook
“Some cultures tried to stop people from expressing themselves. In Mao's China, for example, the Communists tried to stop individual expression. For them the payoff was a society of equality. The problem of course is that it didn't work.” PeopleProblemCultureCoursesIndividualExampleExpressionChinaCommunistMaoPayoffIndividual Expression Author:Frank Gehry
“China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming.” WorldCitiesGrowingBuildingDevelopmentPercentIndiaIncreasePopulationChinaAround The WorldOverwhelmingCarbonFootprintCarbon Footprint Author:Frank Gehry
“The thing that makes me most optimistic is China and India - both of them doing well.” WellsIndiaChinaOptimisticChina And India Author:Freeman Dyson
“It's amazing how much progress there's been in China, and also India. Those are the places that really matter - they're half of the world's population. They're the places where things are enormously better now than they were 50 years ago. And I don't see anything that's going to stop that.” WorldYearsMatterHalfProgressYears AgoIndiaPopulationChinaBetter Now Author:Freeman Dyson
“People who travel in China tell me that the mood there is still very upbeat, because their media is different from our media. Chinese media emphasize how well things are going and suppress the bad news and publish the good news.” PeopleWellsStillsDifferentMediaNewsChinaMoodChineseGood NewsPublishBad NewsUpbeat Author:Freeman Dyson
“Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.” ShouldCountryUseSpaceChinaGermanyCanadaKorea Author:Christine Lagarde
“It so happens that because all the economies are strongly inter-connected and aggregated, there is trade that is happening not just from China to the rest of the world, but from the rest of the world to China as well, and that is going to continue.” WorldWellsHappensEconomyHappeningsTradeChinaConnected Author:Christine Lagarde
“In 1925 - 27 the revolution in China was destroyed by the false revolutionary strategy of the Stalinist faction. To this last question I consecrate my book, Problems of the Chinese Revolution (issued by the Pioneer Publishers, New York 1932).” BookProblemLastsNew YorkRevolutionStrategyChinaDestroyedChineseRevolutionaryPublishersPioneersFactionsChinese Revolution Author:Leon Trotsky
“One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.” NationsLevelsQualityFocusLessonsCreatingEducationalChinaEnterpriseVillageFacilityHealth Services Author:Abdul Kalam
“The Philippines made a lawful and peaceful effort to resolve their maritime claims with China using the tribunal established under the Law of the Sea Convention (Unclos). The tribunal's ruling delivered a clear and legally binding decision on maritime claims in the South China Sea as they relate to China and the Philippines - and that ruling should be respected. We believe this decision can and should serve as an opportunity to renew efforts to address maritime claims peacefully.” ShouldBelieveMadeLawOpportunityDecisionEffortClearSeaClaimsSouthChinaPeacefulRelateAddressesResolveConventionsRulingBindingPhilippinesTribunalsMaritime Author:Barack Obama
“We continue to urge China and other claimants to work constructively to resolve these disagreements, so that the South China Sea - which is so vital to the global economy - can be defined by commerce and cooperation.” EconomySeaSouthChinaDefinedUrgesResolveCooperationCommerceDisagreementGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“The United States believes that every nation should respect international law, including in the South China Sea.” ShouldBelieveStatesLawNationsUnitedUnited StatesSeaSouthIncludingInternationalChinaInternational Law Author:Barack Obama
“It is in the interests of all of us - the United States, China and the rest of the world - to make sure that the rules of the road are upheld. These rules and norms are part of the foundation of regional stability, and they have allowed nations across the region, including China, to grow and prosper.” WorldStatesNationsGrowsInterestUnitedUnited StatesFoundationIncludingChinaRegionsStabilityNorm Author:Barack Obama
“Those are possibilities for technology, which don't tend to be used, because of the way power is concentrated. There are all kinds of possibilities, including for coercion. In China, technology is used to control and coerce. Here too, to an extent, but not to that extent.” WayKindUsedTechnologyPossibilityIncludingChinaAll KindsCoercionCoerce Author:Noam Chomsky
“When I was invited to go to Wuhan, I didn't know anything about it, so I looked up the Wikipedia about Wuhan. I discovered that part of Wuhan used to be Hankou, and then I realised that my great grandmother came from Hankou. My grandmother and father were both born in Hankou. Of all the places in China, it is the most amazing place to have asked for my exhibition. I needed to go back where my family comes from!” KnowsUsedFatherBornNeededMy FamilyChinaUsed To BeGrandmotherMy GrandmotherInvitedRealisedMother And FatherMost AmazingExhibitionsWikipediaGreat GrandmotherAmazing Places Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“For many years I hoped to have an exhibition in China, because of my family connection.” YearsMy FamilyConnectionsChinaExhibitionsFamily Connections Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“I wanted to make new works of very contemporary objects, which I thought was interesting because many of them are manufactured in China, but these objects are universal, they go across all languages, all cultures.” WantedCultureLanguageInterestingObjectsUniversalChinaContemporaryNew Work Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“There was something really wonderful about being able to feel confident about doing my first exhibition in China, that people would have no trouble recognising the images and understanding my work. I also have a lot of freedom in the way I use colour, and I think that kind of freedom in colour is also understandable in every culture.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsFirstsKindUseAbleCultureUnderstandingWonderfulTroubleChinaColourExhibitions Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“I think that the exchange is very important. Before I did the exhibition in Shanghai, I was a judge for the John Moores Painting Prize and that was very interesting for me, because some of the judges are Chinese and some are British, and we look at the work together. It was fascinating that most of the time we were in complete agreement, but some of the time we were not. People send their works from all over China. For a foreigner, this gave me a very good picture about what is happening in China and its art today.” PeopleThinkingLooksArtImportantTodayTogetherInterestingPaintingJudgingHappeningsVery GoodChinaBritishChineseFascinatingAgreementWorking TogetherPrizeVery InterestingForeignersExhibitionsShanghai Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“When I was in Wuhan, I went to the art school, which was one of the most important art schools in China, an enormous art school. One of the things that I saw is that the schools are very big and there are so many students. It is very difficult to me to teach creative activity to great numbers of people, because I think you need personal contact with students, you need to speak individually, you need individual contact between teachers and students, you need continuity. To me this is a problem in mass education in every society now.” PeopleThinkingNeedsArtImportantProblemBigsSchoolIndividualSpeakDifficultNumbersTeachCreativeSawsTeacherStudentsActivityMassChinaEnormousContactContinuityArt SchoolTeacher And Student Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“There is no doubt when one comes from the West to China one understands pop art as having originally developed as part of Western tradition. There is a historical development, in which things find resonance in different places.” ArtDifferentDoubtDevelopmentTraditionHistoricalWestWesternChinaPopsNo DoubtDifferent PlaceResonancePop Art Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“When I go to China I see many artists whose work reflects on aspects of contemporary popular culture but obviously the history of Western art is not part of their own tradition.” ArtArtistCultureArt IsAspectTraditionWesternChinaContemporaryPopular Culture Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.” ImportantGrowthInfluenceBoundsChinaFuture Growth Author:Manmohan Singh
“The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for China. This is a legitimate ambition for India. And the challenge for the humanity is to evolve a world system in which the legitimate ambitions of both our countries can find constructive expression without threatening anybody else.” IdeasCountryHumanityChallengesExpressionAmbitionMajorsIndiaChinaOur CountryEvolveThreateningConstructiveEmergence Author:Manmohan Singh
“China is not I think a country which does not regulate, but there is a difference between the Chinese system and the Indian system.” ThinkingDoeCountryDifferencesChinaChineseIndian Author:Manmohan Singh
“Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in China.” ThinkingChildrenAgePopulationChinaChineseProportionInsistence Author:Manmohan Singh