Quotable

I highly value the relations between China and the United States, and I am looking forward to working together with you to expand China-US cooperation in every field, at the bilateral, regional and global levels, on the basis of the principles of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, with differences controlled in a constructive manner, so as to push China-US relations further forward from a new starting point, better benefiting the peoples of the two countries and other countries."

President Xi jinping, in a message of congratulation to US president-elect Donald Trump on Nov 9.

"Cybersecurity is a challenge for every country, not only China, and it requires us all to cooperate to overcome it. The law is not there to restrict any overseas product or service in our market."

Zhao Zeliang, director of cybersecurity for the Cyberspace Administration of China, speaking at a news conference after passage of the Cybersecurity Law on Nov 7.

(China Daily European Weekly 11/11/2016 page2)