"China's concept of human rights places more weight on the collective, to be specific, the state sovereignty, rights of subsistence and development of Chinese people as a whole."

Dong Yunhu, Vice Chairman of the China Society for Human Rights Studies

"In a short quarter of a century AIDS has drastically changed our world."

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan reacts to a UN estimation that 39.5 million people worldwide are now living with the deadly HIV virus

"Our country is the only one in the world to have suffered a nuclear attack. We have to take the lead in persuading the world to give up nuclear weapons."

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rules out possible debate on the country's no-nuclear-weapons policy

"Together we are going to build something extraordinary. France is going to write a new page of its history. The country wants change. I want to embody that change."

Segolene Royal, France's socialist presidential hopeful

"The United States was the center of the automobile industry in the 20th century and in the 21st century, but now China has the attention of the world."

Kevin Wale, President and Managing Director of GM China Group