| "There are various criteria to assess whether a film is good or not. I never expected The Go Master to become everybody's favorite."
Tian Zhuangzhuang
"I like this movie with its boundless strength that emerges through serene visuals."
Japanese film director Kôhei Oguri, acclaiming Tian Zhuangzhuang's prize-winning movie The Go Master
"This would produce heavier pressure for the majority of developing countries and particularly for those newly emerging markets, but it will not affect developed countries much, so the impartiality of the decision cannot be proven."
Ge Huayong, Chinese representative to the International Monetary Fund's Executive Board, saying in an interview published on June 24 that China regrets changes to the fund's currency surveillance guidelines that were adopted despite objections from Beijing and other members
"The serious reduction of the dollar reserve is a small probability."
Yi Gang, Assistant Governor of the People's Bank of China, telling the media at the World Economic Forum in Singapore on June 25 that China will keep the "bulk" of its U.S. dollar holdings because the currency is one of its safest investment options
"China has enforced most of the WTO rules well, and has fulfilled most commitments prior to the accession. Of course China's performance is not perfect-for a country of this size, it would be hard to have perfect performance."
Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in an interview
with Xinhua News Agency
"You want us to acknowledge the anger and division caused by Iraq, and we do."
Gordon Brown, pledging on June 24 to learn the lessons of Tony Blair's "divisive" decision to go to war in Iraq, as he was confirmed leader of the ruling Labor Party that qualified him for Britain's premiership
"Russia, with its increasing potential, is coming back to this region."
Russian President Vladimir Putin, talking to reporters at the end of a summit of
the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation on June 25, where member
countries from the Balkans and the Black Sea region agreed to increase cooperation
in energy and trade | 
