'It's going to be a bloodbath.' - Media analyst James Miles, commenting on the newspaper price war 'It's been a pretty bleak Christmas and there is every likelihood the Lunar New Year will be even worse.' - Rodney Miles, of the Retail Management Association, claiming the quarter per cent interest rate cut to come into effect next week is too little, too late 'We in the party have a responsibility to the people, we must grasp this issue with resolution and determination.' - Jiang Zemin, worried about the state of slaughterhouses in Heilongjiang