I found Americans arrogant, Germans rude, Britishers selfish, Frenchs desperate, Chinese worried and my own nation stupid.

The old tales of China tell us that all things may grow and change. A stone may become a plant. A plant may become an animal. An animal may become a human. A human may...

Is China a drug? Like any drug, it depends entirely on the user’s own state of mind. If we’re making metaphors, for old China hands I’d imagine their time here draws parallels with the soaring...

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

The Chinese did not admire a bent back; goddesses and warriors stood straight. Still there must have been a marvelous freeing of beauty when a worker laid down her burden and stretched and arched.

The rights of the returned Chinese should be well protected, as they make a vital contribution to China’s modernization.

If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.

The progress of science has always been the result of a close interplay between our concepts of the universe and our observations on nature. The former can only evolve out of the latter and yet...

Okay. I’m not a white male. At least, not predominantly so. And as I mentioned before, I’m in an environment right now where race is really important. See, Chinese men are not that physically intimidating....

Will: ‘Singing the praises of our fair city? We treat you well here, don’t we, James? I doubt I’d have that kind of luck in Shanghai. What do you call us there again?’Jem: ‘Yang guizi...

Shelves full of books are all around me. Opening the different volumes I take a look, and find the pages covered with writings in unknown scripts — tadpole traces, bird feet markings, twisted branches. And...

There’s nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It’s so different, so special to Japan.

Nature seems to take advantage of the simple mathematical representations of the symmetry laws. When one pauses to consider the elegance and the beautiful perfection of the mathematical reasoning involved and contrast it with the...

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity.

Only on a few occasions had I ever been comfortable showing my body off, and now here I was, taking a job where Asian boobs and ass ran free.

The Chinese economy’s still not that much of a consumer economy.

Since the beginning of physics, symmetry considerations have provided us with an extremely powerful and useful tool in our effort to understand nature. Gradually they have become the backbone of our theoretical formulation of physical...

Hardly anybody can name a Chinese writer.

Chinese tourism was the factor that kept Hong Kong from recession,

I am Taiwanese as well as Chinese.

The backlog shows the quotas are unrealistic and don’t reflect the fundamental demand for Chinese garments. If the quotas can’t be fully lifted, the next best solution is to raise them.

I feel very unsafe, … In 16 years, the Chinese government has done nothing for political reform. People have no political freedom, no human rights.

If I didn’t do well at Wimbledon maybe Chinese people will forget about me.

The North Koreans or Chinese may have a million men in uniform but it’s about how you perform.

If we’d had a substantial decline in the dollar against the Chinese currency we’d have probably seen a substantial rise in the price of some of the items that we buy from China.

My plan is to strengthen team work and improve the coaching skills. I’m confident of Chinese swimming,

There was once an abbot who had spent thirty-nine years alone in the temple with cats as his only companions. As someone who believed that faith and willpower could conquer any difficulty, the abbot began...

They are so demanding that Chinese products are not very successful on that market. That is why I foresee a good future for our products, as we have similar quality to that of the Europeans...

An army of the people is invincible!

The sensation of the ocean bearing my weight was the most carefree lightness I’d ever experienced. When we were halfway across the strait, the sound of an engine approached from a distance—it was probably the...

The Jews are a peculiar people: Things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews.Other nations drive out thousands, even millions of people, and there is no refugee problem. Russia did it. Poland and...

My little donkey, if I hadn’t shown up, your fate would have been sealed. Love has saved you. Is there anything else that could erase the innate fears of a donkey and send him to...

This year we will make sure all Chinese PC makers install licensed software prior to sale.

Employment did not pick up in February probably because the property market was still sluggish after the Chinese Lunar New Year and some companies and retailers were letting staff go after the peak season.

The Chinese Government has solemnly declared that it would not be the first to use nuclear weapons at any time and in any circumstance,

Regardless of what happens in Turkey, the[Chinese] virus samples are still extremely important.

It is fundamental to both Taoist and Confucian thought that the natural man is to be trusted, and from their standpoint it appears that the Western mistrust of human nature-whether theological or technological-is a kind...

Only those who have tasted the bitterest of the bitter can become people who stand out among others. -Guanchang Xianxing Ji

Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.

The Chinese used gunpowder to make fireworks for celebrations, and the white man came along and said, Holy shit, we can use this to kill people. What better way to celebrate than that?

The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in Western society.

I’m very curious to witness the historic transformation of Chinese women.

We are concerned about the developing dichotomy in Japanese-Chinese relations, which we consider one of the main pillars of East Asian cooperation.

They said her duck recipe and the Chinese music were so dramatic everything else sounded anemic.

As far as the policies of the Chinese and U.S. governments are concerned, we have a common ground and common interests,

Perhaps the most important thing that I would wish to happen is that Chinese officials at all levels who have been working on this issue for many, many months … have a chance to interact...

Yong is the outer manifestation of something. Ti is the underlying essence. Technology is a yong associated with a particular ti that is … Western, and completely alien to us [the Chinese]. For centuries, since...

The government’s sole concern is to maintain its unchallenged grip on power at the cost of smothering the Chinese people’s fundamental rights and freedoms.

His wife had also studied art in her hometown, and she could paint, but depending on such work for her livelihood was just not possible. As far as appearances went, she was definitely a real...

Because different cultures see a particular animal as representing a certain human virtue or vice, the use of animal imagery also allows for more colorful commentary on the human condition.