If China were to explode, I’d want to be there in a flash. If there’s a big story, I want to be there. – Bob Simon
Taiwan and China are related ethnically and close neighbors geographically. There’s no reason to resent or to fight against each other. – Annette Lu
Over the years, so many exceptions and amendments were made to China’s one-child policy that it was hard to pinpoint a moment to pronounce it dead. – Barbara Demick
There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman. – Andre Malraux
In 1949, Mao Tse-tung’s Communists established the People’s Republic of China, and the following year, his People’s Liberation Army invaded central Tibet. – Barbara Demick
We need to be very well aware of the fact that China and Russia are using technology to attack us, just as ISIS is using technology to recruit those who would murder American citizens. – Carly Fiorina
There have been 50 or 60 books written about Empress Orchid, but none of them bothered to really examine the period in China when she lived. I was taught that she was evil; it’s in all the textbooks. – Anchee Min
In point of fact all Americans are automatically turned down by China these days because of the escalation of Johnson’s war in Vietnam, which several times has intruded into China. – Anna Louise Strong
A certain number of Americans are already in Peking and most of us here feel that it would be very useful for the United States and especially for the Left-wing progressive movement in the United States if groups of students such as you mention could make a tour of China. – Anna Louise Strong
I didn’t come here without a visa, like everyone from China and Vietnam and Cuba. I came here by special plane… received by the ambassador, by the president of the United States. I should be the most honored man in your country. – Bikram Choudhury
I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them. – Chiang Kai-shek
China itself has said repeatedly that they will and have been conforming to international law. – Benigno Aquino III
In China, I realized that if you visit often enough and learn the language, you will be assimilated, but you’ll still be kept at arm’s length; you’ll always be looked on as a foreigner. – Abigail Washburn
Having no diplomatic representation in Washington, China has no sources which allow her to check the character of applicants and therefore makes the practice of refusing everybody from the United States. – Anna Louise Strong
By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world’s most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. – Barbara Demick
China and the U.S. need each other very badly. Yes, we should argue about some things, but it’s not an ‘us versus them,’ it’s an ‘us and them’ type scenario. – Bill Gates
If imperialism is not banished from the country, China will perish as a nation. If China does not perish, then imperialism cannot remain. – Chiang Kai-shek
China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else. – Chiang Kai-shek
There are supply chains that exist in China and Asia now which the U.S. simply can’t replicate. – Charles Duhigg
American workers won’t be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India. – Andy Stern
In ancient China, self-government was highly developed both in community life and in personal life. The custom of mutual protection and assistance was widespread. The organization and regulations of local self-government were clearly defined and strictly applied. Individual self-control was even more strongly emphasized. – Chiang Kai-shek
To protect the right of expression is the central part of an artist’s activity… In China many essential rights are lacking, and I wanted to remind people of this. – Ai Weiwei