“As Chairman Mao once said, what matters is not whether a cat is black or white but whether it catches mice. Or was it him? Either way, it was a great quote."

UK Prime Minister David Cameron

The Guardian

"I think the business of the third generation—aren't we talking about democracy now?"

Bo Xilai, Party Secretary of Chongqing

Wall Street Journal

"I reckon about 80 percent of big-city dwellers between 22 and 35 have thought about naked resignation and 22 percent have done it,"

Hong Xiangyang, founder of the Sunward employment agency in Shanghai

The Christian Science Monitor

"[Unspecified foreigners]  come to China and say, 'this isn't open, that isn't open', which just shows their hypocrisy and deep prejudice and unjust nature."

Huang Nubo, chairman of Beijing-based Zhongkun Investment Group

Reuters