Quotable

"The property industry is indeed experiencing a turning point at present, but there will not be a sharp decline like in the United States in 2007 and 2008. The market will enter an autumn, but not a winter."

LI DAOKUI, a professor at Tsinghua University and a former adviser to China's central bank. House prices in some Chinese cities have fallen recently.

"Ancient China has a great saying, which is: There is nothing in heaven to fear, there is nothing on earth to fear, there is only one thing to fear that Kevin Rudd is still speaking Chinese."

KEVIN RUDD, former Australian prime minister, at the three-day National Chinese Language Conference in Los Angeles. Rudd spoke about how he learned Chinese.

"We are doing our best to help these children and their families by treating them with affection and patience, and enabling them to become independent."

WANG LIYING, a psychology student who is the founder of a training program in a nongovernmental organization that provides training and rehabilitation for autistic children aged 3 to 18.

(China Daily European Weekly 05/16/2014 page3)