Quotable

China's transition from manufacturing and investment to services and consumption, though it may point to a slower pace of growth in the short run, is really what we want to see."

Alfred Schipke, senior resident representative of the International Monetary Fund in China

"The incident does cast a heavy shadow over medical staff, whose desire for a safe working environment is growing stronger and stronger."

Liao Xinbo, an inspector with the Guangdong Commission of Health and Family Planning, speaking after a doctor was stabbed to death by a patient on May 7

"What I want is not money but fairness. I just want to know what happened to my right kidney."

Liu Yongwei, who claims his kidney was stolen at a hospital in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, during surgery to deal with injuries from a tractor accident

(China Daily European Weekly 05/13/2016 page2)