Chinese Quotes

I was growing up in Hyesan, right by the closest North Korea-China border. China was just across the river: you could see across. So I was curious. On the river, on both sides, you have houses, then mountains. I wanted to know what was on the other side of the Chinese mountains.

Lee Hyeon-seo
- Up
- Growing
- River
They all ask: Why? Why is it that this man’s name Ai Weiwei can never be typed on a Chinese computer or the whole sentence will disappear?

Ai Weiwei
- Why
- Chinese

My grandmother, my mother and my aunts and their friends were all of southern Chinese ancestry, and they were all strong figures. Though if you asked them who was the head of their families, they would have said their husbands; and yet it was the women who ran everything.

Laurence Yep
- Women
- Friends
- Mother
A fine line separates Chinese intellectuals and professors from the political gangsters who protect them.

Ai Weiwei
- Political
- Chinese
He forgot that the Malays revere cats and that the Chinese merely relish them.

Anthony Burgess
- Chinese
My plan is to open five restaurants based on the five elements in Chinese philosophy: wood, water, fire, earth and metal.

Arthur Potts Dawson
- Earth
- Water
- Fire
What is most troubling about Mr. Putin's aggression in Crimea is that it reflects a growing disregard for America's credibility in the world. That has emboldened other aggressive actors - from Chinese nationalists to Al Qaeda terrorists and Iranian theocrats.

John McCain
- World
- America
- Growing
Qi gong therapy, as well as other branches of Chinese medicine, can be reduced to two simple principles: the cleansing of meridians to achieve harmonious energy flow, and the restoration of yin-yang balance.

Wong Kiew Kit
- Achieve
- Medicine
- Therapy