Quotable

"The long-term stability of Xinjiang is vital to the whole country's reform, development and stability, to the country's unity, ethnic harmony and national security, as well as to the great revival of the Chinese nation."

XI JINPING, Chinese president, saying that China will implement appropriate policies to improve ethnic harmony in Xinjiang.

"Language is a very important manifestation of cultural identity and we should protect it from losing its appeal."

Gao Jian, a professor at the Shanghai International Studies University, saying that the government has the obligation to regulate the overuse of borrowed English words in official language.

"We know clearly that the area of the follow-up search is even broader, with more difficulties and tougher tasks. The Chinese government will, as always, try its utmost to make every possible effort to participate in the search."

Yang Chuantang, the minister of transport, saying that China will continue with uninterrupted and intensified efforts in the search for missing flight MH370.

(China Daily European Weekly 05/09/2014 page3)