“Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for its support. They finance the poets and help them get published. That isn't so in China. But overall it is the same. You can't change society with poetry.” DifferentStatesHelpingSupportPoetDependsUniversityChinaFinanceCan't Change Author:Bei Dao
“In terms of our region, what we need to ensure is that the rise of China [is] conducted in a manner that does not disturb the security and the relative harmony of the region upon which China's prosperity depends. Now - now, that requires careful diplomacy, it requires balancing.” NeedsDoeTermSecurityDependsHarmonyProsperityCarefulChinaRegionsRelativeDiplomacyRise Of China Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“I am sure that it wouldn’t be in the long-term interests of China which would continue to depend on these African resources for a very long time to see the emergence of any sense of hostility animosity, tension, da da da, between itself and the African continent.” LongTermInterestDependsLong TimeResourcesChinaLong TermTensionContinentsHostilityEmergenceAnimosityAfrican Continent Author:Thabo Mbeki
“You cannot just depend on the market, because the market will say: China needs oil; China needs coal; China needs whatever, and Africa has got all these things in abundance. And we go there and get them, and the more we develop the Chinese economy, the larger the manufacturing is, the more we need global markets - sell it to the Africans which indeed might very well destroy whatever infant industries are trying to develop on the continent. That is what the market would do.” NeedsTryingWellsMightEconomyDependsIndustrySellsChinaOilChineseAbundanceContinentsCoalInfantManufacturing Author:Thabo Mbeki
“India may be overtaking China as the world's most polluted country. Even now, which country is worse depends on the day.” WorldMayCountryDependsIndiaChinaOvertaking Author:Steve Inskeep