#chinese

Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of no value in the eyes of the Chinese. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have all the characters of an aged cedar of Lebanon. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#cedar #characters #chinese #contrive #favourite

But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#chinese #civil #civil government #empire #even

Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#because #chinese #chinese government #chose #citizen

For example, in Malay, there are pronunciations that are similar to Chinese. ↗

— Andy Lau

#example #for example #similar

Sometime in the future - 25, 50, 75 years hence - what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will have the capability of delivery too. ↗

— Curtis LeMay

#chinese #delivery #future #hence #like

I think that at heart I am an old-fashioned Chinese, really I am. ↗

— Ang Lee

#chinese #heart #i #i am #i think

I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished. ↗

— Heath Ledger

#admit #chinese #farmers #feel #goal

I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li. ↗

— Ang Lee

#america #care #chan #chinese #chinese culture

I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. ↗

— Ang Lee

#american movies #apply #big #chinese #film-making