"The Chinese side is willing to work together with the U.S. side to further cooperation in various fields including economy and trade, investment, finance and infrastructure, in order to spur the economy, increase jobs, and create more benefits for the people of the two nations."

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, during a talk with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Beijing on January 10

"China's national defense modernization serves the objective requirements of its national security and development. It is a positive factor in maintaining regional peace and stability."

Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin, at a press conference in Beijing on January 9, responding to the accusation of the U.S. Department of Defense in its latest strategic defense guidance

"It is something that we owe to ourselves. It is a duty that we owe to Italy, and it is also a duty that we owe to the Chinese people and the Chinese community."

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, in a visit on January 10 to Zheng Liyan, a Chinese victim whose husband and daughter were murdered during a recent robbery in Rome

"Today, Libya will be listened to with respect at the UN, and Libyans will be recognized as people who have courageously asserted their dignity, and in doing so have risked—or in too many cases, laid down—their lives."

UN Secretary General's Special Representative Ian Martin, after signing an agreement with Libya on the UN Mission of Support in Libya in Tripoli on January 10