#chinese

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear. ↗

— Ma Jian

#chinese #chinese people #could #crushed #fear

The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it. ↗

— Ma Jian

#allowed #apology #been #being #chinese

At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55. ↗

— Erica Jong

#afford #beijing #bouncing #certain #chinese

I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean or foreign embassies in Beijing, but their arrest drew the whole attention of the world. ↗

— Kim Y. Sam

#attention #beijing #caught #chinese #drew

Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#chinese #eradicating #i #i think #kindness

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles. ↗

— Lisa See

#american family #angeles #chinese #come #eighth

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance. ↗

— Hu Shih

#chinese #had #historically #many #periods

The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China. Very little is known about the views of the new leaders - who will rule the country for ten years. But we do know they're the first generation of Chinese leaders who have spent the majority of their lives in a China 'opening up' to the rest of the world. ↗

— David Miliband

#biggest #china #chinese #country #first

Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know. ↗

— Yao Ming

#chinese #chinese culture #culture #ecosystem #great

I used to be able to do the Chinese splits, where you open your legs sideways. ↗

— Kylie Minogue

#chinese #i #legs #open #sideways