Quotable

The idea is to use the South China Sea as a place to save lives, not to kill people or to destroy lives."

Fidel Ramos, former Philippines president, speaking during his recent visit to Hong Kong. Ramos defined the trip as "icebreaking", after ties were jeopardized by an arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines' immediate past president Benigno Aquino III.

"We have women being promoted to senior level jobs. We don't have enough, but we have more. The company Didi Chuxing, which just acquired the China business of Uber, is run by a woman. That's incredible, and we need to see more of that."

Farah Mohamed, head of G(irls) 20, a Canada-based group, who said China stands out for examples of women in power, particularly in business.

"The Type-96B is the strongest variant of the Type-96 family and is truly an advanced, third-generation main battle tank. The PLA will use it to replace the old tanks such as the Type-59 and Type-69 models."

Gao Zhuoa, military observer in Shanghai, speaking after the Type-96B delivered impressive performances at the Masters of Automobile and Tank Hardware competition at the Alabino training range in Moscow.

(China Daily European Weekly 08/12/2016 page2)