Top 10 quotes

"We are of high-level positions so don't bother calling the police."

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Wei, of the No 221 Regiment of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp, after his wife Yu Fuqin, a Party secretary, slapped a tour guide who warned her not to touch an ancient mural at Mogao Grottoes in Gansu province on Oct 6. Both were removed from their posts.

"Why doesn't the public reveal their assets first? And why don't entrepreneurs make their profits public to employees?"