Quotable

There are doubts about whether financial reforms will stop after the unusual turbulence in the stock market, and the answer is no ... Financial reforms and opening-up must be carried out continuously and steadfastly to improve China's overall global competitiveness."

Premier Li Keqiang, addressing leaders of state-backed banks and city banks, who complained about rising bad debt and the lack of ways to handle bad loans.

"Financial incentives should be given to boost reproduction and make childbearing easier... Two children are good, and three are even better."

Mu Guangzong, a demographics expert at Peking University, saying immediate measures are needed to fuel population growth.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 10/23/2015 page3)