"Any nation, or organization, can not keep alive without etabolism. The business could be submerged if we only rely on our past glory."

Ren Zhengfei

"It is impossible for Ren [Zhengfei] to save labor costs by

avoiding open-ended contracts with veteran Huawei workers through getting rid of all their previous service records in the company after this [mass resignation]."

Cao Shengfang, lawyer with the Labor Division of the Guangzhou Lawyers Association

"Circling the Moon, We Made It!"

Staff workers at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center showing colored newsletters with this bold headline, after China's first lunar probe, Chang'e-1, completed its nearly 2-million-km flying journey to the moon successfully on November 7 and entered its working orbit

"I'm confident that the way forward will be good for the world and for China. This is exactly what we are looking to you for-strengthened efforts."

World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan, praising China's moves to crack down on food safety problems when she met with the country's quality chief Li Changjiang in Beijing on October 31

"Inaction at this moment is suicide for Pakistan and I cannot allow this country to commit suicide."

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, declaring a state of emergency on November 3

"I can assure you that putting this mummy in this case, this showcase, can make the golden boy live forever."

Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, after the mummy of King Tutankhamun was put on first public display on November 4, more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt was shrouded in linen and buried in his golden underground tomb

"Nothing has changed. The lessons have not been learned. Today, like yesterday, we still hear voices inciting violence [inside Israel]."

Yuval Rabin, the son of late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who was gunned down 12 years ago for his efforts to make peace with the Palestinians, at a November 3 rally in Tel Aviv to commemorate his father