Quotes of the week

There were guns all around me and they told me they wouldn't hesitate to use them if I didn't resign

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed

Who is the genius, and who is the idiot?

Canto-pop star Sam Hui on his preference for chief executive

Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you

Spoken by a 'harmful stereotype' of a Chinese woman in an ad by a U.S. Republican candidate

Our goal is for the Syrian people to escape violence, conflict and the flames of war

Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin