Quotable

We will enhance the PLA's capabilities for addressing various security threats and accomplishing diversified military tasks, and make sure that the armed forces are always ready for and able to win wars."

Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, pledging intensified efforts in running the armed forces with strict discipline and in accordance with the law amid China's sweeping anti-graft campaign.

"Beijing has won the chance to host the Winter Olympic Games. That's because we trust the capacity of the Chinese people."

Jacques Rogge, honorary president of the International Olympic Committee and former IOC president.

"If an officer's profession in the military has a wide variety of applications in the business sector, then it will be much easier to find a good job, compared with others whose work has been solely military."

Chen Xuesong, a captain and researcher at the PLA Naval Military Studies Research Institute, saying the ability of retiring officers to land good jobs largely depends on their work in the military.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 08/07/2015 page3)