"The vicious cycle of violence between Israel and Palestine must stop."

Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the UN, calling for an end to the conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement in Gaza at a UN Security Council meeting on July 22

"The opening and closing ceremonies of this year's Youth Olympic Games will be more frugal than those of all the big sporting events hosted in China before."

Chen Weiya, director of the ceremonies, at a press conference on July 22, before the August 16 opening of the Games in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province

"Even if they are in the farthest corners of the world, we will track them down and bring them to justice to defend the law and safeguard people's interests."

Liu Jinguo, Vice Minister of Public Security, at a July 22 teleconference launching a campaign to root out suspects involved in corruption-related crimes who have fled China

"The game would integrate kungfu with swords and sticks to teach martial arts interactively, so that users don't have to climb Songshan Mountain [in central China's Henan Province] to learn Shaolin kungfu."

Lin Xiaosong, Chairman of Dengfeng Tiandizhizhong Network Development Corp., which manages the Shaolin brand, discussing the 1,500-year-old temple's plan to develop a game app to teach users martial arts on their cellphones