Quotable quotes from visiting Chinese premier in India

NEW DELHI, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are some quotable quotes made by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his stay here Thursday, the second day of his three-day official visit to India.

-- "The relationship between China and India has experienced an unusual course of development over the past 60 years," Wen said when meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh.

"However, friendly cooperation has always been the main stream, which is not only in the interest of both countries and peoples, but also helpful for the peace and development of the region and the world at large," he added.

"The two countries should grasp historical opportunity to boost political and strategic mutual trust and promote China-Indian relations to move forward along the track of lasting friendship, mutually beneficial cooperation and common development."

"I hope my current visit is the one to carry on the past and open a way for future, which will further enhance our win-win cooperation."

-- "China and India agree there is enough space in the world for the development of both countries and enough areas for them to cooperate," Wen said when addressing the Indian Council of World Affairs.

"Such important consensus is deeply rooted in the time-honored cultural traditions of the two countries and our long history of exchanges," Wen said, adding: "It comes from our correct reading of the international situation and keen understanding of our national interests."
"We should seize the opportunities and lose no time in expanding and deepening our converging interests and actively advance strategic cooperation and practical cooperation."

"China stands ready to work with India to intensify exchanges and multi-level consultations between political parties and in the military field to enhance political and strategic mutual trust."
On the China-India boundary question, Wen said it was a "historical legacy" and its resolution requires patience.

"It will not be easy to completely resolve this question. It requires patience and will take a fairly long period of time," he said.

On the trans-border rivers, Wen described them as "a source of livelihood for the people living along the rivers."

"To properly preserve, utilize and manage the trans-border rivers is our shared responsibility," he said.

"China takes seriously India's concern about the trans-border rivers, and we are ready to further improve the joint working mechanism," he said.

"We will do whatever we can and do it even better," he said, adding: "All the upstream development activities by China will be based on scientific planning and study and will never harm downstream interests."

-- "A stable and prosperous India not only benefits the Indian people, but also is conducive to peace and development in the region and the world as a whole," Wen said when meeting with Indian President Pratibha Patil.

"China is willing to work together with India, from a strategic height and a long-term perspective, to push for more fruitful cooperation between the two sides in various fields including politics, economy, science and technology, and culture so as to realize common prosperity," he said.

-- "Progress can be achieved as long as we brave the difficulties and make unremitting efforts," Wen said when meeting with Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari.
"China and India are partners, not rivals," Wen said, adding: "I hope this can be a firm faith of both sides."

-- During his meeting with the president of the Indian National Congress (INC) party, Sonia Gandhi, Wen recalled the historic visit of then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to China in 1988, saying the visit had turned a new chapter of bilateral relations.

"History has proved that he was a man of vision," Wen said of Rajiv Gandhi.
The CPC is willing to strengthen exchanges with the INC, enhance mutual understanding and trust, and boost the development of the China-India ties, as well as the inter-party relations, Wen said.

Pakistan, China, Russia - Do you See a Connection ?

Is the recent massive flooding in Pakistan that has not witnessed in the past 80 years, the cloud burst and eventual mud sliding in China and the Raging Wild Fire in Russia is a after effect of Global Warming ? I tend to think this planet is getting it's temperature increasing. An increase of 4 degree Celsius will have most of the cities and towns on the shores under the water. An alarming green house gas effect... It's high time the industrialized countries should take punitive measures to bring down the CO emission to greater extent. Is there a way we can contribute as an individual to this planet... I would say growing a plant by everyone means a lot to this plant. Let us Save Our Earth Folks !!!!

US appeases China

The remarks by the US President Mr.Barack Obama that Tibet is an integral part of india is totally unfortunate and is a clear indication of US's stance on Tibetian cause. I could understand that US doesn't want to confront china in a time when their country is on a economic recovery mode. The tibetian youth congress president has said that neither they are surprised by these remarks nor they expect any support from America for thier cause.

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Beijing Unveils Traffic Plan

With less than 50 days to the Olympics, Chinese authorities on Friday announced widely-expected plans to almost halve its car population in the capital for a two month period.

Starting July 20th, drivers of even and odd-numbers license plates will only be able to drive on alternate days until September 20th, almost a month after the close of the Olympics and three days after the closing ceremony of the Paralympics.

Authorities expressed confidence these measures will produce clean air in time for the Games.
"We have the confidence and capability to guarantee the good air quality. We can promise the air quality can be improved to meet the previous target we set," said Du Shaozhong, spokesman from the city's Environmental Protection Bureau.

The measures are expected to take about 45% of Beijing's 3.29 million cars off the roads, including 300,000 government vehicles. It will also increase public transportation users by four million, said authorities.

Though the plan was widely anticipated, its duration could encourage Beijing's more affluent drivers to attempt to evade it by switching license plates or using alternate cars. That could lessen the impact of this attempt to reduce the city's car population.

Several multi-nationals have already purchased or made arrangements to purchase alternate license plates for their fleet to enable ease of movement, according to people familiar with the matter.

Beijing is struggling to clear the skies in time for the Olympics, despite a wide-ranging sweep of rules already in effect. These include tougher car emission standards and the closure of polluting factories across six Chinese provinces collectively larger in area than France, Germany and Italy combined.

Concerns over Beijing's still-poor air quality is causing some Olympians to consider only showing up for their events, skipping a lot of the festivities accompanying the Games. This week, for example, members of Australia's track and field contingent said they would stay in their Hong Kong training camp and skip the Games opening ceremony, partly because of "concerns of air quality," said spokesman Mike Tancred.

On Friday, Beijing's downtown noon skies were a dull grey and smelled faintly of smoke. Chinese readings rated air quality Level 3, or "slightly polluted," which is still on the higher end of readings usually recorded. Three weeks earlier on May 28 Beijing notched an unprecedented Level IV, or "Poor" pollution reading.

Nonetheless, Chinese authorities announced Thursday Beijing had 12 more blue sky days this year, compared to the same period the year before, and drops in major pollution indices such as concentrations of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter.
A similar discrepancy in public perception and official readings occurred last August, when authorities did a test-run of these traffic controls for a four-day period. Authorities said the measures caused significant improvements in air quality and cut emissions discharged by 5,815 tons, but many residents felt only traffic flow improved markedly

US Missile Defence System

The plan to install missile defence system in Europe by United States has taken a setback following the opposition from Russia. Russia deems the system to be targeted against it. The contention of United States that (the so called rogue states) countries like Iran, North Korea and Syria can target US is ridiculously untrue.