--- title: "10 President Xi Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 10 President Xi quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best President Xi sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/joshua-wong-4879_final_carrie-lam-is-a-proxy-leader-the-final-d_1617628.jpg" --- > [Carrie Lam is a proxy leader.The final decision-maker is President Xi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-wong/carrie-lam-is-a-proxy-leader-the-final-decision-maker-is-president-xi/) [Joshua Wong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-wong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/joshua-wong-4879_final_carrie-lam-is-a-proxy-leader-the-final-d_1617628.jpg) > [In 2014, we were opposing President Xi Jinping. Five years later, we are opposing Emperor Xi Jinping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-wong/in-2014-we-were-opposing-president-xi-jinping-five-years-later-we-are/) [Joshua Wong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-wong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/joshua-wong-4879_china_in-2014-we-were-opposing-president-xi-ji_175237.jpg) > [The abolition of the presidential term limit and President Xi Jinping's concentration of power have come as an unwelcome surprise to many.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-n-haass/the-abolition-of-the-presidential-term-limit-and-president-xi-jinping/) [Richard N. Haass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-n-haass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/richard-n-haass-3803_come_the-abolition-of-the-presidential-term-l_861869.jpg) > [Now some people might call President Xi of China the king of China. But he's called president. But we have a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/now-some-people-might-call-president-xi-of-china-the-king-of-china/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/donald-trump-18_be-good_now-some-people-might-call-president-xi_1549087.jpg) > [My understanding, I was not standing nearby, but my understanding is that President Xi Jinping said, "Well, no one should kill children."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-w-tillerson/my-understanding-i-was-not-standing-nearby-but-my-understanding-is/) [Rex W. Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-w-tillerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/rex-w-tillerson-20399_children_my-understanding-i-was-not-standing-near_1469970.jpg) > [There's a preponderance of scientists and engineers among China's rulers. New President Xi Jinping was trained as a chemical engineer. His predecessor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramez-naam/there-s-a-preponderance-of-scientists-and-engineers-among-china-s/) [Ramez Naam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramez-naam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/ramez-naam-5111_chemical_there-s-a-preponderance-of-scientists-an_1564384.jpg) > [By heralding President Xi Jinping's accession to permanent leadership, soliciting Vladimir Putin's reentry into the Group of Seven, and declaring that Kim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-rhodes/by-heralding-president-xi-jinping-s-accession-to-permanent-leadership/) [Ben Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-rhodes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/ben-rhodes-7180_behavior_by-heralding-president-xi-jinping-s-acce_2414913.jpg) > [The relationship I have with China, it's been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different than we've ever had.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/the-relationship-i-have-with-china-it-s-been-already-acclaimed-as/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/donald-trump-18_change_the-relationship-i-have-with-china-it-s_561068.jpg) > [President Xi Jinping clearly understands, and I think agrees, that the situation in North Korea has intensified and has reached a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-w-tillerson/president-xi-jinping-clearly-understands-and-i-think-agrees-that-the/) [Rex W. Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-w-tillerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f5/rex-w-tillerson-20399_action_president-xi-jinping-clearly-understands_923797.jpg) > [China is ruthlessly pragmatic. It supports North Korea for its own selfish interests. And I believe that China no longer considers us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/china-is-ruthlessly-pragmatic-it-supports-north-korea-for-its-own/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/fareed-zakaria-3805_attention_china-is-ruthlessly-pragmatic-it-support_2772033.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president-xi/#itemlist", "name": "President Xi Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Carrie Lam is a proxy leader.The final decision-maker is President Xi.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joshua Wong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-wong/carrie-lam-is-a-proxy-leader-the-final-decision-maker-is-president-xi/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/joshua-wong-4879_final_carrie-lam-is-a-proxy-leader-the-final-d_1617628.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/joshua-wong-4879_final_carrie-lam-is-a-proxy-leader-the-final-d_1617628.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/joshua-wong-4879_final_carrie-lam-is-a-proxy-leader-the-final-d_1617628.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Carrie Lam is a proxy leader.The final decision-maker is President Xi.” — Joshua Wong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In 2014, we were opposing President Xi Jinping. 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And I believe that China no longer considers us an ally. The current president, Xi Jinping, cultivates close relations with South Korea. He has never met with me, the leader of North Korea, something that the leader of China has always done. At the grand celebrations in Beijing two years ago commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, he placed the president of Russia and the president of South Korea at his side. 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