"I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep grief for the Japanese people who lost their lives in this disaster and express my sincere condolences to the entire Japanese people."

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, in a press conference after the closing meeting of the annual National People's Congress (NPC) of China in Beijing on March 14, three days after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan

"Corruption in the coking coal industry in Shanxi Province is a reality. We will investigate the situation deeply and severely crack down on it. Now, about 30 billion yuan ($ 4.6 billion) in corruption-related funds have been recovered."

Yuan Chunqing, Party chief of Shanxi Province, in a press conference at the NPC annual session in Beijing on March 10

"It is still not suitable to abolish the death penalty for corruption crimes."

Gao Mingxuan, renowned jurist of China, in an interview with the Beijing Times

"Protecting trademarks is crucial to carrying out our national strategy on intellectual property rights protection and promoting innovation. China will further clamp down on trademark violations and strengthen supervision over online shopping, targeting fake goods."

Fu Shuangjian, Deputy Director of China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce, in a press conference at the NPC annual session on March 13

"Our strategy is working...They (Afghan security forces) are now ready to gradually assume lead responsibility for the security of their nation and their people."

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO General Secretary, speaking at a meeting of NATO defense ministers held in Brussels, Belgium, on March 11