French President Nicolas Sarkozy, defending his decision to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics:
“I happen to think that humiliating China is not the best way to respect human rights. I don’t think you can boycott 1.3 billion people, a quarter of the world’s population.”
Zeng Xiaoan, a department director at the Ministry of Finance, explaining the reasons behind delays to the introduction of a fuel tax:
“The introduction of fuel tax needs some essential preconditions, such as relatively stabilizing oil prices and a fuel price scheme in place … So the plan needs to be further perfected.”
Qingdao volunteer Zhou Yukuai, removing the green algae that clogged the city’s harbor, which is due to serve as the venue for Olympic sailing events:
“We’re making our contribution to the Olympics. But this smells so bad, I won’t be able to eat seafood tonight.”
Tibet Communist Party Secretary Zhang Qinglin, speaking at the closing ceremony of the Tibetan leg of the Olympic torch relay:
“We can definitely smash the separatist plot of the Dalai Lama clique completely.”
From the Chinese government’s 2008-2012 anti-corruption plan:
“Resolutely punishing and effectively preventing corruption relates to whether the people support you or not and to the Party’s life-and-death survival.”
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