Quotes About Chinese

Now that Mandela has been released from prison we can all admit what has been apparent, that he is not a Tembu tribesman, in fact he is not an African at all. He is quite obviously Chinese. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it makes those who persist in seeing him as a great African statesman look rather foolish.

Everybody who is anybody in the Philippines today, except for a few Spanish mestizos, has Chinese ancestors.

The ethnic tilt produced a backlash of virulent racism, as seen in the federal Chinese Exclusion Act in 1862, which set a moratorium on Chinese immigration for ten years, at a time when every other nationality was setting out for America daily.

I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.

I love the Chinese words for greeting: not strictly 'Hello' but 'Have you eaten yet?

One thing I like to tell my clients is that the Chinese word for failure can be interpreted to mean "opportunity.

My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform.

It is the technique, above all, that makes a meal Chinese or not.

I regard Chinese seafood cookery as among the best in the world.

I don't think any foreign Internet company can effectively compete against Chinese companies in the Chinese market. The regulatory environment is so difficult that it's almost impossible for foreigners to have an advantage over locals who have better political connections and who can manipulate the regulatory system much more effectively.

The Uighurs are a Turkic people more closely related to Uzbeks and Kazakhs than to Chinese.

What I hope is that politics shouldn't be dominated by the pro-Chinese elite; it should be related to everyone's daily life.

The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll.

I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.

The history books will remember the Chinese doctors who sounded the alarm about COVID-19.

The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds.

I am ever hopeful that there are generations of young Chinese people who are really thinking about the future and what kind of society they want.

Not like Chinese food, where you eat it and then you feel hungry an hour later.

Did you know the peach symbolizes longevity?

Sergey Radchenko and David Wolff, 'To the Summit via Proxy-Summits: New Evidence from Soviet and Chinese Archives on Mao's Long March to Moscow, 1949', Cold War International History Project Bulletin, Issue 16 (Fall 2007/Winter 2008), p. 106.

My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform.

Chinese learning is an internal learning, but Western learning is an external one; Chinese learning is for the cultivation of oneself, just as Western learning is for the handling of worldly affairs.

Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after they're dead.

I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.