Quotable

"China is now so central to the global energy market that whatever is done will send waves around the world. My bet is that we are about to see the government limit coal use, with peak coal coming much sooner than the usual predictions suggest."

Nick Butler, visiting professor and chair of the King's Policy Institute at King's College London.

"Flying is your instinct. Although injury has broken your wings, you are still flying high in my mind."

Zhang peimeng, 100-meter sprinter who was said by the media to be a potential successor to Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang as the face of Chinese athletics, speaking as Liu announced his retirement on April 7.

"Our airspace that can be used by civil airlines is only one-third of that in the United States and the number of our air traffic controllers is about half of that of the US."

Che Jinjun, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China's air traffic management bureau, speaking as China aims to handle its serious air traffic congestion and flight delays by opening 10 one-way air passages.

(China Daily 04/10/2015 page3)