| "Securing the stability of the global economy and the financial market is an important prerequisite for the success of the Cannes summit."
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, speaking on August 26 when he met with French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry Francois Baroin in Beijing
"Given the progress of science and technology, it's normal for the Chinese army to develop and renew some weapons and equipment ...China demands that the U.S. views China's military development in an objective and fair manner."
China's Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun, in a statement on a newly-released annual report by the Pentagon on China's military in Beijing on August 26
"China supports the Palestinian people and their cause. We also support the Palestinians' having United Nations' recognition of a Palestinian state on the lands occupied in 1967 with Jerusalem as capital."
Wu Sike, China's special envoy to the Middle East, in an interview with Xinhua News Agency during his visit to Ramallah, Palestine, on August 26
"The UN Security Council should play a leading role in handling the Libyan issue at the next stage, while other countries, international mechanisms and conferences should also play a supplementary role."
China's UN Ambassador Li Baodong, speaking after a closed-door consultation on Libya of the Security Council in New York on August 30
"We are afraid that the resolution could push the most radical Syrian opposition forces to more active operations to topple the government. Just because of that, we categorically do not accept the aims our Western colleagues try to attain with that resolution. We offer the alternative."
Russian ambassador to the UN Vitali Churkin, in Moscow on August 29, opposing a UN resolution on Syria
"After 2014, the term of the agreement [about leasing the Manas air base near Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan] will expire and there must be a civilian hub. There should not be any military base."
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev, talking to Russian reporters in Moscow on August 30 | 
