China Quotations | Page 3

Many people argue that oil interests are the driving force behind the Iraq war. For China, it has been a reminder and a warning about how geopolitical changes can affect its own energy interests. So China has decided to focus much more intently to address its security.

We are all here in China that represents quite a lot of opportunities, not only on the business side, but also on the social side,

The regular meetings between the leaders of China and the European Union are good for enhancing our mutual understanding,

The regime right now with China and India increasing demand and the world's supply of oil not growing -- it's going to be very sensitive for a while to supply and demand, ... The consequences are worldwide.

Therefore, China will proceed along the path of peaceful development to achieve a peaceful, open and cooperative development,

Women's life expectancy in China has significantly improved in the last several decades. In 1998, women's life expectancy was 73.1 years on average, 3.7 years longer than that of men. In 2003, women's life expectancy extended to 74 years.

We cannot accept the prejudices that some international organizations and some individuals hold against China and their practices over these issues,

When the oil market notices that China is back, and remembers the fire that China's exploding oil demand lit under prices last year, the 'China factor' alone should be sufficient to floor near-term prices.

Senator (Lindsey) Graham has not agreed to delay a vote on the China currency legislation. No decision has been made and any insinuation to the contrary is nothing more than uninformed speculation.

Secretary of State Rice made clear in her remarks that the U.S. favors a referral of Iran to the Security Council for sanctions if negotiations fail, ... because the Bush Administration suspects that Irans uranium enrichment program is a nuclear weapons program, but the resistance from Russia and China to vote for sanctions, may undermine a U.S. referral.