| "This treaty will enhance our leadership to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and seek the peace of a world without them."
U.S. President Barack Obama, commenting on the U.S.-Russian arms control treaty ratified by the Senate of the United States on December 22
"Maintaining peace and stability on the Peninsula is in the interest of both the South and the North of the Peninsula, as well as other parties. We strongly appeal to the parties involved to exercise maximum restraint, to act in a responsible manner and avoid increasing tensions."
Wang Min, Chinese Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, on the latest developments of the situation on the Korean Peninsula
"Despite uneven progress in Afghanistan, next summer's planned withdrawal will be more than a token reduction and the United States will be out of the country by 2014."
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, making a bold promise on U.S. troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan on December 19
"The total value of China's imports and exports are expected to exceed $2.9 trillion in 2010, an historic high."
Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan, speaking at a press conference on December 17
"We have no choice but to keep friendly ties, and I come to Nanjing in that spirit."
Uichiro Niwa, Japanese Ambassador to China, during his visit in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, where more than 300,000 civilians were slaughtered by invading Japanese troops between December 1937 and January 1938
"China supports measures taken by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to stabilize Europe's debt crisis. China has also taken steps to help European nations combat the sovereign debt crisis."
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, at the opening of the third China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue in Beijing on December 21
"Local authorities must learn from the November 15 high-rise fire in Shanghai, to ensure safer places to live and work in for the people. The fire will forever be remembered by people, and forgetting it means missing a major chance to correct our mistakes."
Party Secretary of Shanghai Yu Zhengsheng, stressing learning lessons in the wake of a big fire in the city | 
