"Under joint efforts from China and Japan, Prime Minister Abe made his first visit to China a success and refreshed relations between the two countries. China will work with Japan to implement the important consensus reached by the two sides and push forward China-Japan relations in a stable and healthy manner."

President Hu Jintao told visiting Japanese House of Councilors President Chikage Ogi in Beijing, October 17

"With the bill I'm about to sign, the men our intelligence officials believe orchestrated the murder of nearly 3,000 innocent people will face justice."

U.S. President George W. Bush said in a White House ceremony on signing a law that authorizes military trails of terror suspects

"The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world with significant population growth and that, combined with our rate of resource consumption, results in America having the largest environmental impact in the world." 

Vicky Markham, Director of the Center for Environment and Population, based in Connecticut, warned as the U.S. population hit the 300 million milestone on October 17

"Living in a town with serious pollution is like living under a death sentence. If the damage does not come from immediate poisoning, then cancers, lung infections, mental retardation, are likely outcomes."

Blacksmith Institute, an international environmental research group, said after released a list of the 10 worst-polluted cities in the world

"As many netizens hide behind a virtual identity, they can forget legal boundaries and attack people irresponsibly. That has harmed social order and personal reputations."

Dong Ping, college student in southwest China's Chongqing, commented after his city released a new rule against Internet users who spread malicious rumors with a fine of up to 5,000 yuan