Quotable

"We should fight corruption with firm resolve, like using strong medicine to cure a serious illness, and once we discover clues to corruption, we will thoroughly investigate them, withoutleniency."

Xi Jinping, president of China, urging disciplinary officials on Jan 13 to take a zero-tolerance stance on corruption, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China.

"We never want a pileup of new births that society cannot handle."

Mao Qun'an, spokesman for the National Health and Family Planning Commission, saying China's relaxation of its one-child policy after three decades has not resulted in a baby boom as officials once feared.

(China Daily European Weekly 01/16/2015 page3)