| "Chen is a gifted strategist, who can quickly grasp
substantial problems."
Cao Jinhua, assistant to Chen, as deputy director of the Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS
"It features a new form of the multi-party
cooperation and political consultation system, and indicates a change of the ruling party's vision in China's ongoing social reform."
Professor Wang Yukai with the National School of Administration
"Britain will not yield, we will not be intimidated."
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, after Al Qaeda-linked attempted car bombings in London and Glasgow
on June 29 and 30 put the country on maximum alert
"Recently, there have been signs that the situation on the Korean Peninsula has eased."
Kim Jong Il, top leader of North Korea, urging the countries involved in a pact committing Pyongyang to dismantle
its nuclear program in exchange for economic aid to follow through on their initial pledges, when meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on July 3
"A more mature legal environment should be considered as an
advantage in attracting foreign investment."
European Union Chamber of Commerce, saying in a July 1 statement that China's new Labor Contract Law will improve workplace conditions without deterring foreign investment
"The question of unification is not in doubt. What remains is the form of government and how and when
to attain it."
Ghanaian President John Kufuor, reiterating the vision of Ghana's founding father Kwame Nkrumah, who saw a
unified Africa as an unstoppable force for good at the opening of the African Union Summit on July 1
"The emperor himself was very unusual, so it's not unexpected that his tomb should also be unique."
Liu Qingzhu, archaeologist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, telling Xinhua News Agency after researchers announced on July 1 the discovery of a 30-meter-high chamber buried in the 2,200-year-old mausoleum of China's first emperor Qinshihuang, the first of its kind that is believed to
have been built as a passageway for the emperor's soul | 
