"A huge number of Chinese computers, Chinese companies and Chinese government agencies have also been attacked by hackers. Maybe some of them, or even most of them, would come from the United States. But we are not in the position to come to the conclusion that these attacks are sponsored or supported by the U.S. Government. This is not a very responsible way of making such claims."

China's Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai in an interview with Foreign Affairs on accusations that the Chinese Government is behind cyberattacks of U.S. commercial and military computers

"The regulation is ridiculous. What if a woman chooses to have a test tube baby without getting married? Should she also be fined?"

Wang Qiong, a professor at Wuhan University, in response to a draft regulation released by the legislative affairs office of Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, on May 31, which imposes financial penalties on unmarried mothers

"Between ages 4 and 9, children should be given sex safety education and basic sexual physiology education. After 10, children should be taught how to deal with the opposite sex."

Peng Xiaohui, sexology professor with Central China Normal University, on May 31. Frequent sexual assault cases against children have made such education necessary and urgent

"In my experience, few dogs or cats are aggressive unless humans provoke them first."

Zhao Jing, a devoted volunteer with Eryi Pet Yard, an animal shelter in Tianjin, on May 25. The city's animal welfare organizations held the Fourth Homeless Animals Adoption Day on the date, aiming to help stray animals and find homes for them