Quotable

China's private companies should combine their efforts in 'going out'. They should share experiences and form industry chains in foreign countries."

Liu Yonghao, chairman of the Sichuan-based New Hope Group

"As a former Treasury secretary who is very loyal to my government and is very complimentary of a number of things this administration has done like the climate change agreement, and there's been a fair number of things that have come out of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue, and out of US-China relations I look at this with regret."

Hank Paulson, at the Asia Society on April 20 to discuss his new book Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower, said the United States should have joined the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

"China's CEO turnover is becoming more market-oriented, but shareholder value will be reduced in the short term."

Xu Huchu, president of Strategy & Greater China, commenting on China's CEO turnover rate ranking higher than any other region in the world last year.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 04/24/2015 page18)