| "Speeding up development holds the key to resolving all issues in Tibet. The economic and social development of Tibet should always aim at safeguarding and improving people's well-being."
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, addressing the celebration conference marking the 60th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet in Lhasa on July 19
"We demand that the U.S. side seriously consider China's stance, immediately adopt measures to wipe out the baneful impact, stop interfering in China's internal affairs and cease to connive and support anti-China separatist forces that seek 'Tibet independence.' "
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, in a written statement issued in Beijing on July 17 about U.S. President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama
"China has long been a big player in providing foreign aid to Africa. To date, the country has helped build more than 2,000 km of railways, 3,000 km of highways, 100 schools and 60 hospitals on the continent, and reduced or remitted debt worth more than 20 billion yuan ($3.08 billion)."
Yao Jian, spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce, at a press conference in Beijing on July 15
"Invading people's privacy by listening to their voicemail is wrong. Paying police officers for information is wrong. They are inconsistent with our codes of conduct and neither has any place in any part of the company I run."
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp., testifying before a committee of the British Parliament in London on July 19 for a phone hacking scandal
"I can only deplore about it. From our part, we do and we will do everything not to let it happen."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with representatives of Russia's civic organizations in Moscow on July 19, saying tension between Russia and Belarus is regrettable
"If you are politically responsible, and this is what the (German) government wants to be, you know that such a spectacular, single step cannot happen, including the (summit) on Thursday."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a press conference in Hanover, Germany, on July 19, saying that the upcoming European Union summit could not bring about a "spectacular" solution for the Greek debt crisis and other euro zone problems | 
