China Quotes, Quotations & Sayings - Page 2



Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections.
George Montgomery

Ever since the foundation of the dynasty, foreigners coming to China have been kindly treated…At first they were amenable to Chinese control, but for the past thirty years they…trample on Chinese people and…absorb the wealth of the Empire.
Tsu hsi

Them that has china plates themsel’s is the maist careful not to break the china plates of others.
James Matthew Barrie

An ambitious horse will never return to its old stable.
Chinese Proverb

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih

China and India are close neighbours linked by mountains and rivers and the Chinese and Indian peoples have enjoyed friendly exchanges for thousands of years.
Li Peng

Hiccups in the international business scene are not new to us. Wedgwood china has survived upheavals before-the Napoleonic Wars, the Franco-Prussian War, the world wars. We do have a sense of continuity.
Arthur Bryan

Whoever stands for ‘one China’ will get our support. We can have talks with them, and our talks will cover anything.
Zhu Rongji

China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world.
Sellapan Ramanathan

This is gutting us. We have a week and a half left of work and we are like delicate china speeding toward a brick wall. Sounds fun, huh?
Jennifer Aniston

In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.
Charles Foster Bass

The People’s Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists.
Barbara Amiel

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Chinese Proverb

If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it’s got to respect intellectual property rights or it makes it pretty impossible to do business with them.
Dan Glickman

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. They are the oldest civilized people on earth. Their civilization passes through phases but its basic characteristics remain the same. They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break.
Pearl Buck

Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.
Michael K. Simpson

China has always maintained that all countries, big or small, rich or poor, strong or weak, are equal members of the international community and they should stand and speak in the world as such.
Li Peng

What are the implications of a China that may be on nuclear parity with the United States?
Charles Foster Bass

We can soar to heaven, and pierce the earth, because our Great Leader Chairman Mao is our supreme commander.
Red Guard slogan

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Chinese Proverb

Today, over half of China’s undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of America’s undergraduates pursue these schools.
Cathy McMorris

I do not think any reasonable person can doubt that in India, China and Japan, if the knowledge of birth control existed, the birthrate would fall very rapidly.
Bertrand Russell

China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade… They don’t have any compliance or enforcement.
David Bonior

The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings.
Qin Shi Huangdi

The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side.
William Kirby

Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
Mary Manin Morrissey

History shows that anything conducive to our national stability is good.
Jiang Zemin

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution.
James Lovelock

In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang.
Ike Turner

There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former.
Max Baucus

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