Quotable

"Increased trade and strong policy support on both sides of the Taiwan Straits have provided fresh opportunities for logistics services to grow."

ERIC CHIANG, secretary-general of Kaohsiung Commerce and Trade Development Association, speaking at a two-day forum on cross-Straits logistics that ended in Xiamen, Fujian province, on June 17. Experts at the forum called for improved logistics services to handle growing trade between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

"Food technology is the foundation for securing food safety, and technological innovation is a must to improve food safety."

CHEN ZHIGANG, deputy director of the Quality and Safety Control Department of COFCO Group, China's largest food trader.

"All the fans and media pointed their fingers at China's soccer coach (Jose Antonio) Camacho after the humiliating defeat. My question is, who do you think could bring about a total change? Which coach in the past 10 years has made us happy? How many good players has the country developed? Do we have a plan for the next 10 years? As a coach myself, I only feel sympathy for Camacho."

LI YI, a former striker for the Chinese football team, said on his micro blog after the national team was defeated 5-1 by the Thailand in Hefei, Anhui province, on June 15.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 06/21/2013 page3)