--- title: "3 Rob Gifford Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "American journalist... | Rob Gifford is a British radio correspondent and journalist. He has degrees in Chinese Studies from Durham University and in Re..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-rob-gifford-85305.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Rob Gifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-rob-gifford-85305.jpg) # Rob Gifford (1900) Journalist **3** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Rob Gifford is a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Rob Gifford Born November 30, 1900 Profession Journalist ## About Rob Gifford American journalist... \| Rob Gifford is a British radio correspondent and journalist. He has degrees in Chinese Studies from Durham University and in Regional Studies from Harvard University. He began to learn Mandarin Chinese in 1987 whilst in China. ## Quotes by Rob Gifford > [“Many Chinese-born scientists have returned from abroad to continue their research, not just out of patriotism but because Chinese research facilities have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-gifford/many-chinese-born-scientists-have-returned-from-abroad-to-continue/) Rob Gifford [Medical research](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medical-research/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/rob-gifford-85305_medical-research_many-chinese-born-scientists-have-return_184425.jpg) > [“Technology is the new religion of urban China, and no longer just in the coastal cities. Having wasted decades, centuries almost, overcoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-gifford/technology-is-the-new-religion-of-urban-china-and-no-longer-just-in/) Rob Gifford [Religion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/rob-gifford-85305_religion_technology-is-the-new-religion-of-urban_518146.jpg) > [“The sign says BLIND PEOPLE’S ARBORETUM. I stand, still out of breath, dripping sweat and marveling at such a beautiful concept—in China,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-gifford/the-sign-says-blind-people-s-arboretum-i-stand-still-out-of-breath/) Rob Gifford [Blind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/rob-gifford-85305_disabled-people_the-sign-says-blind-people-s-arboretum-i_1089646.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-gifford/#itemlist", "name": "Rob Gifford Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Many Chinese-born scientists have returned from abroad to continue their research, not just out of patriotism but because Chinese research facilities have become so cutting-edge. The Communist revolution’s annihilation of traditional thinking has also made for an astonishingly free approach to areas such as medical research; scientists can try things that are banned in the West by strict ethics laws. 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I have never seen anything like this, even in the United States or Europe, and yet here, hidden away on the edge of a noisy, bustling, modernizing Chinese city, someone has taken the effort and expense to plant this beautiful, tree-hugging garden—an island of stop-and-rest in a sea of smash-and-grab.   5.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Gifford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-gifford/the-sign-says-blind-people-s-arboretum-i-stand-still-out-of-breath/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/rob-gifford-85305_disabled-people_the-sign-says-blind-people-s-arboretum-i_1089646.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/rob-gifford-85305_disabled-people_the-sign-says-blind-people-s-arboretum-i_1089646.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/rob-gifford-85305_disabled-people_the-sign-says-blind-people-s-arboretum-i_1089646.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The sign says BLIND PEOPLE’S ARBORETUM. 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