"In the past, each supervisor had one to two students. The students had more opportunities to ask their professors questions, which is critical for postgraduate education. However, some professors today have a dozen students. They are like products on an assembly line."

Zhu Xiaoman, a professor at Beijing Normal University's School of Education, expressing concern over the doubled number of graduate students in the past decade in China, on October 23

"Online communication is an effective way for young people to provide care (for their parents)."

Zhang Youde, a sociologist at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, advising young people to teach their parents to use the Internet to stay more connected, on October 23, China's Seniors' Day

"The trend started about seven years ago as the Chinese gradually became more aware of the health benefits. Lots of new vegetarian restaurants sprung up between 2002 and 2006."

Wang Rui, owner of a vegetarian restaurant in Beijing, commenting on the trend of Chinese cutting meat out of their diets to improve health, on October 21

"China is a potential market. We don't want to miss it. Even though Spain is mired in the global financial crisis and the number of institutions it brought to China this year is a little bit smaller, it doesn't limit Spain's desire to embrace more Chinese students in the future."

Jenny Mendoza, chief market analyst with Spain's economic and commercial office in Beijing, expressing Spain's desire to recruit more Chinese students at the China Education Expo 2012 in Beijing, on October 20