--- title: "1 Great wall Quotes By Zhang Xin" description: "1 Great wall quotes by Zhang Xin. Plus more from Zhang Xin and more Great wall sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/zhang-xin-16964_building_we-have-become-so-quick-and-effective-in_2691505.jpg" --- > [We have become so quick and effective in building things today. It would be easy to build another Pyramid of Giza or another Great Wall. But these buildings haven't withstood the test of time because of their building quality. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/we-have-become-so-quick-and-effective-in-building-things-today-it/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/zhang-xin-16964_building_we-have-become-so-quick-and-effective-in_2691505.jpg) ## Other authors on Great wall - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-wall/donald-trump/) ## More by Zhang Xin > [But the higher our standard of living, the higher our levels of education, the further people will look around. And we can see which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/but-the-higher-our-standard-of-living-the-higher-our-levels-of/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [I'm very, very focused on my children. In fact, I'm very religious about having breakfast with them every morning, having dinner with them every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/i-m-very-very-focused-on-my-children-in-fact-i-m-very-religious-about/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [Because people along the route had realized that there was demand and quickly organized supply. That's so Chinese. In a well-organized country like Germany,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/because-people-along-the-route-had-realized-that-there-was-demand-and/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [Many years ago, we were only able to build boxes. Today, architects from all over the world are working with us - Zaha Hadid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/many-years-ago-we-were-only-able-to-build-boxes-today-architects-from/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. We do not run a company that way. It does not help the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/many-chinese-companies-are-run-like-military-camps-with-military/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [Isolation means a lack of growth. I grew up in China at a time when the country was completely isolated. That era is over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/isolation-means-a-lack-of-growth-i-grew-up-in-china-at-a-time-when/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/china-if-you-think-about-what-is-the-character-of-china-it-s-enormous/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [Investors don't like uncertainty. The market is telling us that they need certainty, they need to see where the economy is heading. If the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/investors-don-t-like-uncertainty-the-market-is-telling-us-that-they/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/i-find-it-hard-to-be-labelled-in-this-new-super-rich-category-because/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/quickly-after-i-landed-in-england-i-found-out-ways-to-get/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [On the one hand the world is getting more integrated and we should not dismiss social values as "Western" when they are actually modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/on-the-one-hand-the-world-is-getting-more-integrated-and-we-should/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [When we started out, we were among the first. Beijing had no and Shanghai had very few large buildings. At that time, it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/when-we-started-out-we-were-among-the-first-beijing-had-no-and/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [Our company has only been active in Beijing and Shanghai, two very market-dominated cities. This was an advantage. Land is purchased here in public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/our-company-has-only-been-active-in-beijing-and-shanghai-two-very/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [China's economy became more complex. By now there is a large number of small- and medium-sized companies that work quite differently from big, state-owned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/china-s-economy-became-more-complex-by-now-there-is-a-large-number-of/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) > [Many Chinese entrepreneurs are now donating for education; others support foundations in health care and research. None of us wants to be the richest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/many-chinese-entrepreneurs-are-now-donating-for-education-others/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-wall/zhang-xin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Great wall Quotes By Zhang Xin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have become so quick and effective in building things today. It would be easy to build another Pyramid of Giza or another Great Wall. But these buildings haven't withstood the test of time because of their building quality. 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