“Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.” PeopleWorldCountryTodayEconomyStandardsIndiaCommittedChinaDevelopingDeveloping CountriesChina And India Author:Li Peng
“The most upsetting thing is that the US is a leader in the world, and if they don't sign, then how do you expect to convince Russian and China and Iran, Pakistan, all these other countries, to sign? They simply won't. (The US government) feels it's against their constitutional right to bear arms, or they've said that it's needed in North and South Korea, on the border. I don't think any of these are good enough excuses for the damage.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsSaidCountryEnoughGovernmentLeaderArmsBearsNeededSouthExcuseChinaBordersUpsetDamageConvinceIranGood EnoughOther CountriesPakistanKoreaRight To Bear ArmsSouth KoreaNorth And SouthLandmines Author:Angelina Jolie
“China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among those countries.” CountryPositionAncientChina Author:Chiang Kai-shek
“It was good to launch the economy in the '50s. Japan did this; China did this; even South Korea did this. All the East Asians did this - import substitution. I think all countries followed import substitution in the '50s and in the '60s, but I think by the '70s, countries were getting out of that first phase of the strategy.” ThinkingFirstsCountryEconomyStrategySouthChinaEastJapanPhasesKoreaImportsSubstitutionSouth Korea Author:Jairam Ramesh
“There are emerging countries. I mean, there are countries, you know, China, India, and Brazil, and all of these countries that are emerging. They are building homes. They are building - so there is a new lifestyle.” KnowsMeanCountryHomeBuildingIndiaChinaLifestyleEmergingBrazilBuilding A Home Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers in developing countries. These helped alleviate 7.7 million subsistence farmers in China, India, South Africa, the Philippines from abject poverty.” WorldCountryPoorPovertyMillionsBenefitsPercentResourcesIndiaSouthCriticsChinaValuableDecadesDevelopingFarmersSouth AfricaCropsPhilippinesAlleviateDeveloping CountriesSubsistenceBiotech Author:Clive James
“With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives. However, even if the level of customer service is exceptional, the extent to which poorly-understood accents trump quality of service speaks to English-speaking customers' growing intolerance of non-native speech, more so than in other countries.” IfsCountryJobsMovingSpeakUnderstandingLevelsQualitySupportGrowingTrumpSpeechUnderstoodIndiaDifficultyChinaCustomersNativeFrustrationSurprisingIntoleranceRepresentativesOther CountriesAccentsExceptionalEnglish SpeakingChina And India Author:Bob Hayes
“Using the Japan-U.S. alliance as a basis, it is important that we maintain and develop cooperative relations with our neighboring countries such as China, South Korea, and Russia.” ImportantCountryBasesRelationSouthChinaRussiaJapanKoreaAlliancesCooperativesSouth Korea Author:Junichiro Koizumi
“The Unites States is the largest developed country. Canada enjoys a flourishing economy and advanced technology. Mexico is an important developing country. China attaches great importance to the friendly cooperation with the three countries,.” ImportantCountryStatesThreeEnjoyTechnologyEconomyImportanceChinaDevelopingCanadaFriendlyCooperationMexicoFlourishingDeveloping CountriesDeveloped CountryAdvanced Technology Author:Li Zhaoxing
“If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.” IfsMenShouldWarEndsCountryWould BeEnemyHe ManRevolutionIndiaChinaEsteemBeatenEnglishmen Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“I would give a lot to actually be able to glamour China into not wanting ivory. I can't even tell you how much I would give to be able to stop the illicit trade of Africa's wildlife, and to just look into the president of China's eyes and say, "You don't want this anymore, your country doesn't want this anymore," and have it be done. That would be great.” WantGivingLooksI CanCountryDoneWould BeEyeAblePresidentTradeChinaGlamourWildlifeIvory Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.” CountryBigsStupidChinaSillyDumbChineseUnfortunateStupid PeopleReally StupidStupid Celebrity Author:Charles de Gaulle
“We are, if territory and population be looked at together, one of the great countries of the world - a monster country, one might say, along with others such as China, India, the recent Soviet Union, and Brazil. And there is a real question as to whether "bigness" in a body politic is not an evil in itself, quite aside from the policies pursued in its name.” IfsWorldRealCountryBodyMightTogetherEvilNamesPolicyIndiaUnionsPopulationChinaMonstersTerritorySovietSoviet UnionPursuedBrazilGreat CountryReal QuestionsCountries Of The World Author:George F. Kennan
“No matter where you go in the world in any country in Africa or Latin America and other place, you will find that China is very deeply involved in the affairs of that country.” WorldCountryMatterAmericaInvolvedAffairChinaLatinLatin AmericaVery Deep Author:Jimmy Carter
“I don't believe that China, in my lifetime or maybe my children's lifetime, be equal to the United States militarily speaking, but they are very careful to avoid any engagement in war, they are basically a peaceful country, which gives them another advantage over the United States when we are much more inclined to go to war for various reasons.” GivingBelieveChildrenWarCountryStatesReasonUnitedUnited StatesEqualAdvantageLifetimeDon't BelieveCarefulVariousChinaPeacefulMy ChildrenEngagementPeaceful Country Author:Jimmy Carter
“We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about.” PeopleWorldShouldLooksCountrySometimesDemocracyRightsSacrificeWestChinaTendenciesEfficientCriticiseShort SightedAuthoritarian Government Author:Ai Weiwei
“A village in a country which is taking pains to become altogether standardized and pure, which aspires to succeed Victorian England as the chief mediocrity of the world, is no longer merely provincial, no longer downy and restful in its leaf-shadowed ignorance. It is a force seeking to conquer the earth. Sure of itself, it bullies other civilizations, as a traveling salesman in a brown derby conquers the wisdom of China and tacks advertisements of cigarettes over arches for centuries dedicated to the sayings of Confucius.” WorldCountryEarthPainForceCenturyIgnoranceCivilizationPureSucceedEnglandSeekingChinaChiefsConquerBrownVillageMediocrityDedicatedCigaretteAspireLeafsBullySalesmanAdvertisementsVictorianArchesRestfulDerby Author:Sinclair Lewis
“China is now expected to surpass Japan as the 2nd richest country in the world. They could become the richest, but that's only if we pay them the money we owe them, and that's not going to happen.” IfsWorldCountryHappensPayChinaExpectedJapan Author:Jay Leno
“It is quite possible that China may reach the stages of socialism and communism considerably later than your countries in the West which are so much more highly developed economically.” MayCountryStageWestChinaSocialismCommunism Author:Mao Zedong
“We must help all our young people to understand that ours is still a very poor country, that we cannot change this situation radically in a short time, and that only through the united efforts of our younger generation and all our people, working with their own hands, can China be made strong and prosperous within a period of several decades. The establishment of our socialist system has opened the road leading to the ideal society of the future, but to translate this ideal into reality needs hard work.” PeopleNeedsMadeStillsCountryHardHelpingHandsRealityYoungStrongPoorUnitedEffortSituationGenerationsHard WorkPeriodsIdealsChinaDecadesEstablishmentTranslateSocialistProsperousShort TimeYounger GenerationPoor CountriesIdeal Society Author:Mao Zedong
“If we [American nation] are only thinking about tomorrow or the next day and not thinking about 10 years from now, we're not going to control our own economic future, because China, Germany - they're making these [clean energy] investments. And I'm not going to cede those jobs of the future to those countries. I expect those new energy sources to be built right here in the United States.” IfsThinkingYearsCountryStatesJobsNextEnergyNationsUnitedUnited StatesEconomicSourceTomorrowBuiltCleanInvestmentChinaGermanyNext DayClean EnergyEnergy SourcesNew Energy Author:Barack Obama
“Latin American countries are part of the West and that it is reasonable to expect a certain degree of openness in their societies that we do not demand of, say, China or Vietnam.” CountryCertainDemandDegreesWestChinaReasonableLatinOpennessVietnamLatin AmericaLatin American Author:Mark Falcoff
“For nearly three decades there has been, by and large, peace and tranquility on the India-China border. Not a single bullet has been fired for over a quarter-century. Both countries are showing great maturity and a commitment to economic cooperation.” Has BeensCountryThreeEconomicCenturyCommitmentIndiaChinaDecadesBordersMaturityCooperationQuartersBulletsTranquilityPeace And TranquilityEconomic Cooperation Author:Narendra Modi
“For the Second Amendment to do its job, the other side must become much better informed. I watched an action-adventure program last night that asserted that the famous AK-47 - the original peoples' rifle (and Authority's greatest mistake) - is rare in this country, and that the only ones here were originally smuggled in from the Middle East, or possibly from South America. The idiots who wrote this mess seemed unaware that after legal imports - mostly from China - were illegally cut off by executive order, they began to be manufactured here.” CountryActionJobsLastsAmericaNightOrderSidesMistakeCuttingMiddleAdventureAuthorityProgramOriginalsSouthChinaEastMessIdiotExecutivesMiddle EastAmendmentsLast NightSecond AmendmentRiflesImportsSouth AmericaExecutive OrdersAk 47 Author:L. Neil Smith
“China has established friendship with many African countries, and is opening itself up to Africa and providing assistance. It is cooperating with African countries on an equal basis and has no desire to colonize Africa.” CountryDesireEqualBasesChinaOpeningProvidingAssistanceCooperating Author:Wen Jiabao
“Since it was announced that I had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has condemned my works and criticized them harshly. All of my works are now banned from getting into China or being published in China. What author would want to return to a country that banned his or her books?” WantBookCountryLiteratureReturnChinaChinesePrizeMinistryNobelNobel PrizeBanned Author:Gao Xingjian
“I think both sides [China and United States] should work hard to build a new type of relationship between big powers. The two sides should cooperate with each other for a win-win result in order to benefit people from the two countries and the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldTwoCountryHardStatesBigsOrderWinningSidesUnitedResultsUnited StatesHard WorkTypeBenefitsChinaBoth SidesTwo SidesWin WinTwo Countries Author:Xi Jinping