China Quotes - page 6

To the revolutionary mind the American vista must have been almost as incredible as Genghis Khan's first view of China - so rich, so soft, so unaware. (Garet Garrett)
Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no one fears it being revived, unless you live in China, I guess. View quote
Gregg Easterbrook
Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China. View quote
Gary Miller
German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell himself in China! View quote
Helmut Jahn
In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang. View quote
Ike Turner
Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps. View quote
Jim DeMint
That's one of the challenges of investing in China, is the lack of clarity with respect to tax positions. View quote
Jim Oberweis
If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend. View quote
Jim Sasser
About 75% of the price of gas is really dictated by crude oil. At the heart of the issue is increasing demand over a period of many years around the world. World crude oil consumption now is close to 90 million barrels a day. Most of the growth in demand is coming from China and the developing world. View quote
John S. Watson
A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play. View quote
Jon Meacham
Daoist thought is the root of science and technology in China. (Joseph Needham)
What people don't realize is that China papered over its last two credit bubbles, those in 1999 and 2004. The banks were never bailed out - they just exchanged their bad loans for questionable bonds from quasi-state organizations. View quote
James Chanos
The Chinese banking system is built on quicksand and that's the one thing a lot of people don't realize. Everybody seems to think it is a free and clear open checkbook. It's not. The banking system in China is extremely fragile. View quote
James Chanos
Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of the tiger. In terms of the general complacency, what we heard over and over from investors and clients and potential clients is, 'yes, yes, there are some excesses, but the government will figure out a way.' View quote
James Chanos
Increasingly, the real estate developers can't get bank loans for their project financing in China. They're now going into the Hong Kong market to raise money in the bond market at very, very high rates, as high as 15, 20 percent. View quote
James Chanos
Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface was quite outside the Mediterranean world, Persia, India, and China. View quote
Kenneth Scott Latourette
One of my challenges was to try to photograph the Great Wall of China. And I did actually take some photos, but it was hard to discern the wall with the naked eye. View quote
Leroy Chiao
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. View quote
Li Peng
We have reiterated on many occasions that China wishes to establish and develop long-term, good-neighbourly and friendly relations with all countries in south Asia. View quote
Li Peng
In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international political and economic order. View quote
Li Peng
In the spring and summer of 1989, a serious political disturbance took place in China. (Li Peng)
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. View quote
Li Peng
The China game was the best because it took the effort of everyone on the team to survive 120 minutes. View quote
Lorrie Fair
The demographic weight of countries such as China and India exercise a massive pressure on our wages and salaries. They have accomplished massive technological advances and the revolution in information technology has reduced the costs of transport. View quote
Laurent Fabius
China is responsible for a lot of the major conservation issues we're facing. It's the main market for rhino horn. Tigers are being killed for tiger bone wine. They're driving the tropical timber trade and illegal logging in Indonesia, and the trade in tropical reef fish. View quote
Mark Carwardine