PEOPLE/POINTS

PEOPLE/POINTS

“History has repeatedly proven that the involvement of a superpower in disputed areas did, more often than not, complicate the situation and bring tragedy to parties concerned.”

Xinhua News Agency, in a July 27 report titled “U.S. Involvement Will Only Complicate South China Sea Issue”

“When we spend money not only on our own needs, but also on wildlife, it promises the hope of a world in which human and nature are in harmony.”

Wang Yongchen, a Chinese environmental activist, on the Ministry of Agriculture’s proposal to suspend construction of the world’s largest cross-sea bridge in south China, which runs through the habitat of Chinese white dolphins, during the five-month breeding season of the endangered species. The move is expected to extend the project three years and cost an additional $541 million

“China is now the world’s largest exporter, but the processing trade takes up a large part, which means a fall in China’s exports will affect exports in many other countries.”

Ding Zhijie, professor at Beijing-based University of International Business and Economics, warning of the possible impact of large fluctuations in Chinese currency exchange rate on China’s exports and global trade improvement

“It is up to a court to decide clearly whether something is in the end a crime. That said prima facie there does appear to be evidence of war crimes in this material.”

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, defending the whistle-blower website’s publication of tens of thousands of classified U.S. military reports on Afghanistan that he believes show “thousands” of war crimes may have been committed there

“[I look forward to] the little things, like walking along the street without anybody looking at [me] or sitting at a table to eat with the rest of the family.”

Recipient of the world’s first full-face transplant, identified only as Oscar, making his first public appearance in Barcelona, Spain, on July 26. The 31-year-old Spaniard is still struggling to speak