"Legal professionals from both sides should join hands in promoting exchanges, communication and cooperation in order to fortify and deepen the legal basis for cross-Straits peaceful development and to contribute to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

Wang Gang, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, calling on legal experts from the mainland and Taiwan to enhance cross-Straits exchanges when meeting with Taiwan legal professionals in Beijing on August 23

"The Chinese people who live there have contributed greatly to the social and economic development of the Far Eastern region, and their efforts have been recognized by local governments and the public. China hopes the host country will protect the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese people."

Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, speaking to Russian state newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta in Moscow on August 20 in reference to the concerns of some Russians about the increasing number of Chinese immigrants, during his visit to Russia for the seventh round of strategic security talks between the two countries

"Curiosity is a much more complex vehicle than earlier Mars rovers. The testing and characterization activities during the initial weeks of the mission lay important groundwork for operating our precious national resource with appropriate care."

Curiosity Project Manager Pete Theisinger, speaking at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, the United States, when Mars rover Curiosity made its first move on the Red Planet on August 22