Notable China-related quotes from the last week:
A Beijing official on why Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe can purchase a house in Hong Kong:
“Hong Kong is a free port … even Falun Gong practitioners can buy a property there.”
China’s Vice President, Xi Jinping, about foreign criticism of China’s impact on the world:
“There are a few foreigners, with full stomachs, [who] have nothing better to do than try to be backseat drivers of our country’s own affairs. China does not export revolution, hunger, poverty, nor
does China cause you any headaches. Just what else do you want?”
Ma Xiaoguang, a coking-coal analyst at China-based metals-information portal Umeta on last weekend’s Shanxi coal mine blast:
“Proximity to the National People’s Congress means the accident will likely come up as a topic during the meeting.”
