As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an outstanding issue for more than half a century.

At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.

Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures.

In the spring and summer of 1989, a serious political disturbance took place in China.

We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability.

People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.

A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries.

We have reiterated on many occasions that China wishes to establish and develop long-term, good-neighbourly and friendly relations with all countries in south Asia.

China and India are close neighbours linked by mountains and rivers and the Chinese and Indian peoples have enjoyed friendly exchanges for thousands of years.

When President Jiang Zemin visited India in 1996, the two sides decided that they would jointly build a constructive partnership of cooperation oriented towards the 21st century.

Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.

Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another

Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.

People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.

My research consists of studying the effects of putting somebody like me into a world like this.

A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.

Whatever it takes to make you more secure with yourself, you can learn to do it.

Not everyone is the same. You can't label a person just because of what they do or what they've done.

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.

Art is a staple of mankind... So urgent, so utterly linked with the pulse of feeling that it becomes the singular sign of life when every other aspect of civilization fails.

When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others.