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		If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Azim Premji 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		In China, because Chinese is a tonal language, it can be kind of hard to follow people's emotional tracks. There was one moment where a woman I was interviewing just sort of burst into tears, and I can usually sort of tell when things are coming on, and in that moment, it was very unexpected. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hailey Gates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karlie Kloss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paolo Bacigalupi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort. They live prosperous lives in which any expression of pain is forbidden. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ma Jian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Written by the ancient Chinese philosopher of the same name, the 'Zhuangzi' is one long perplexing puzzle of a rambling collection of enigmatic short stories. It's a strange feeling to laugh at a joke written by someone in the 4th century B.C. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Stump 
			 
			
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		To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lafcadio Hearn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		May books spread the world over! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yann Martel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wendi Deng Murdoch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the Bronx, you have the southern Italians; in Queens, the Greeks, Koreans and Chinese; in Brooklyn, the Jewish community; and in Harlem, the Hispanics - all with their own markets. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Boulud 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ma Jian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rafael Nadal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dalai Lama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Valenti 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				B. D. Wong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't mind doing action or kung fu, but I'm also really happy to do something dramatic. I'd like to show that a Chinese girl doesn't have to do crazy martial arts to get the part. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zhu Zhu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am Taiwanese as well as Chinese. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ma Ying-jeou 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's not every day you get to do what you love and have a major story behind it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				OMI 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For the Chinese, the Greeks, the Mayans, or the Egyptians, nature was a living totality, a creative being. For this reason, art, according to Aristotle, is imitation; the poet imitates the creative gesture of nature. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavio Paz