Quotable

The Internet Plus strategy has transformed the Internet economy and become an inevitable trend for industries such as energy. The use of Internet technology is a challenge for the traditional energy sector."

Bai Jinfu, director of the China Economy Research Institute

"China is not seeking to upend the existing global order. Not yet, anyway. But the geostrategic message could scarcely be clearer. Beijing intends to be a rule-maker as much as a rule-taker. Even as it competes with the United States in East Asia, it looks set on becoming preeminent in Eurasia."

Philip Stephens, deputy editor of the Financial Times

"There are about 4,000 electric-powered taxis in Beijing that stop to recharge every five or six hours. It's a huge waste of time for drivers. The green drive is doomed unless the facilities improve."

Wang Ning, a professor of transportation in Shanghai, on Beijing's attempts to encourage cabbies to use e-vehicles and reduce air pollution.

(China Daily European Weekly 06/05/2015 page2)