“ ‘Make America great again’ does not contradict ‘ the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation’. They can go hand-in-hand. China and the US can help each other realize their objectives and become great together.”
Yue Yucheng, vice-minister of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivering a speech at the latest World Peace Forum held at Tsinghua University on July 8.
“Our Party and government are now challenged by a serious loss in political credibility, which, compared to that in economic, social and academic fields, does more harm to people’s trust in society.”
Yu Keping, dean of the Peking University School of Government, calling on graduates to value honesty at his school’s 2019 graduation ceremony.
“Unfamiliar with traditional Western thought and not having a mastery of the essence of Chinese civilization, many [Chinese] people do not know how to communicate well with Westerners... The logic hidden in each civilization is more intrinsic than language. This is the biggest barrier to communication between different countries.”
Award-winning sci-fi writer Hao Jingfang on how to teach children to better communicate with the world in an article published on her education WeChat account.
“China’s current urbanization rate is 58.5 percent, a bit higher than the world’s average level of 54.8 percent, but much lower than that of high-income economies (81.3 percent) and upper-middle-income economies (65.8 percent). It means that there is still much more room for China to urbanize.”
Ren Zeping, chief economist and director of Evergrande Research Institute, discussing China’s future trends of population migration on his WeChat public account “Zeping Hongguan.”
“None of Huawei’s equipment is designed with any ‘back door’ and we are willing to sign ‘no backdoor’ agreements with any country.”
Ren Zhengfei, founder and president of China’s telecommunication giant Huawei, at a recent talk with American academics George Gilder and Nicholas Negroponte, at Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen.
“Marriage is a very complicated issue involving laws, rights and health. We cannot only focus on its relevance to the birth rate.”
Wang Guangzhou, researcher at the Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, commenting on a National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee member’s proposal to lower China’s legal marriage age to 18 in order to increase birth rates.
“The basis for any punishment of teachers and students should be made public. It is against the rule of law that we do not have a clear rule on whether or not to punish a student or a teacher and how.”
Ai Pingjiao, a commentator with the Beijing Youth Daily, on the news that a teacher in Shandong Province was dismissed and blacklisted by a county-level education authority for hitting a student with a textbook for skipping classes. Many net users found the punishment too harsh.
“The current international system is not perfect and needs reform, but we cannot completely overthrow it. This is the consensus among most countries. China promotes building a new model of international relations and a community with a shared future based on the common interests of mankind.”
China’s Vice-President Wang Qishan delivering a speech at the latest World Peace Forum held at Tsinghua University on July 8.
“Employers often fail to examine the language and education abilities of foreign teachers, let alone their morality.”
Guangzhou-based paper Nanfang Daily appealing for more stringent screening of foreign teachers in the English language training market after police in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, detained 19 people, including seven foreign teachers and nine foreign students at a branch of EF, an English language training center, for alleged drug use.
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