"China must further adapt to the change from a source of migrants into a recipient of immigrants and seize time to optimize its legal migration framework."

Huang Xing, Deputy Director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Experts on migration are advising the government to learn from experience abroad about regulating immigration

"The policies we have implemented, the measures and actions we have taken and the effects of our efforts are there for all to see."

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, refuting U.S. Congressmen's criticism of China's failure to crack down on intellectual property rights infringements

"This is the first time any synthetic DNA has been in complete control of a cell. I think they're going to potentially create a new industrial revolution."

Dr. Craig Venter, geneticist, on his creation of the world's first synthetic living cell. Venter hopes to design cells that will produce medicines, reduce oil dependency and absorb greenhouse gases

"We can immediately fix the roads, but we do not know how long it will take to fix the wounded hearts and minds of the people."

Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok, after government troops ended two-month anti-government protests in Thailand's capital city

"The snow along the slopes had melted, exposing the bare rocks underneath, which made it very difficult for us to walk up the slope as there was no snow to dig our crampons into. This has made the trail very dangerous for all climbers."

Apa Sherpa, a Nepalese Sherpa, speaking to Agence France-Presse on May 25 after breaking his own record by making a 20th ascent of the world's highest peak. The man dedicated his latest climb to the impact of global warming on the Himalayas

"We want to do it at the right time and in the right format."

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Sabah, attributing Gulf states' pause in their push toward a monetary union due to the Eurozone crisis