Quotable

He (a police officer) told me it was a regular thing in the detention center. There were even such cases in the detention rooms for women. He told me to stop making futile efforts."

Xiang (surname), 17-year-old, who says she was sexually assaulted several times last year while an inmate at a detention center in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province

"We set up the center to fast-track court procedures and will provide visitors with a one-stop service."

Fu Yuming, vice-president of the Pudong New Area People's Court, a mediation and litigation center established on May 18 near the new Shanghai Disney Resort

"Deep-sea research benefits all human beings, and it reflects a country's comprehensive strength."

Chen Qinghong, a researcher of South China Sea issues at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

(China Daily Africa Weekly 05/20/2016 page2)