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Chinese Quotes by Ma Jian
- My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they…
- The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life
- I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how…
- I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.
- The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media…
- The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort.…
- On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people…
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- I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian… — Martha Beck
- Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance art surveyed… — John Berger
- The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily… — Anthony Bourdain
- We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country. — Pearl S. Buck
- Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne. — Pearl S. Buck
- Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. — Pearl S. Buck
- Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next generation. If… — Buzz Aldrin
- All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to… — Buzz Aldrin
- To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the first moon… — Buzz Aldrin
- We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in… — Nicolas Cage
- We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports.… — David Cameron