"China's low standards and primitive environmental conditions should not be an excuse for these international enterprises."

William Valentino, official from the European Union Chamber

of Commerce in China, who is in charge of corporate responsibility

"There is now more awareness of environmental rights and the rights of people as citizens."

Ma told The New York Times, quoting Time magazine, in which

his profile was a man who would save the Chinese people

as a water guardian Mr. Green Names and Shames

"Importantly, public expectations about inflation have risen in recent weeks, so the PBOC (People's Bank of China) has to fight the expectations battle."

Stephen Green, a Standard Chartered Bank senior economist, responding to this year's fourth interest rate hike by China's central bank aimed at stabilizing inflation and better directing the issuance of credit

"If the temperature rises 2 degrees Centigrade, flooding, starvation and the fragility of the ecosystem in many other aspects are expected to worsen notably."

Wang Shourong, Deputy Director of the China Meteorological Administration, underlining the urgency of anti-global-warming measures after China put its first national program in this field

into force in mid-August

"The United States will not support ‘Taiwan independence' or any unilateral move toward that direction on the part of Taiwan."

Visiting U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Mike Mullen, reaffirming U.S. adherence to the one-China policy, in Beijing on August 21

"We've had some bad lending practices. There's not going to be a quick solution to some of the issues in the credit markets, but...we will work through these issues because we have an economy that's strong."

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, warning investors on CNBC television on August 21 that the subprime crisis-hit financial markets would improve only after a necessary period of adjustment

"Part of the fight against violence in Iraq lies with

the United Nations. France approves this path and we will assist in the direction."

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, speaking on August 20 during the first visit of a French top diplomat to Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 that France opposed