Whenever you talk about Chinese dragons, emperors, palaces, concubines - they conjure up a whole colonial argle-bargle that has nothing to do with historical reality.


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The fundamental policy of China on the question of Dalai Lama is that we demand that the Dalai Lama ...
LIU JIANCHAO
The explosion of the 'destination wedding' and growing trend toward high-end honeymoons has created ...
DAVID LIU
It's not because we don't have enough capacity or we don't have enough international flights. It's b...
LIU ZHIQIANG
Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.
LUCY LIU
I've never had a doubt about acting, about what I wanted to do, and I don't ever forget where I've c...
LUCY LIU
I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if I'd be a very convincing...
LUCY LIU
I'll play Charlie's granddaughter. We're turning it all on its head.
LUCY LIU
This launch... extends our effort to efficiently leverage our Web products, content, communities and...
DAVID LIU
The cause of the current stalemate is the mistrust between North Korea and the United States and the...
LIU JIANCHAO
It requires consultation between all the (member) countries to reach unanimity.
LIU JIANCHAO
Error sometimes supplies the surprise that makes life interesting.
AIMEE LIU
As a science fiction writer who began as a fan, I do not use my fiction as a disguised way to critic...
LIU CIXIN
Bells Ring, Drums Resound

When a bell is struck it rings, when a drum is beaten it resoun...
LIU YIMING
There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, be...
LIU XIAOBO
Of course, rivals do affect athletes mentally, but if you are competing with top-notch athletes, you...
LIU XIANG
Although initial samples taken last week showed some elevated levels of air contaminants, samples ta...
CHUNG LIU
Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives...
ERIC LIU
You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like ...
ERIC LIU
AQMD will continue to monitor air quality at this site to ensure that there is no threat to public h...
CHUNG LIU
Murky Water, Dusty Mirror

Murky water is turbid; let it settle and it clears. A dusty mir...
LIU YIMING
Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which...
ERIC LIU
I want you to write a narrative, a narrative from the future of your city, and you can date it, set ...
ERIC LIU
We still get a revenue check from Roche.
EDISON LIU
Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It&#...
LUCY LIU
I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization. To them, it can sound l...
ERIC LIU
If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.
LUCY LIU
It is my hope that by reducing the tax burden on small business owners that we can help them grow th...
JOHN LIU
What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the ...
ERIC LIU
This is a breakthrough year because of the variety of deals.
DAVID LIU
We all need to adjust our thinking in terms of how we market and what we do with our brands to remai...
DAVID LIU
They're cowboys. When you buy and sell something 20 or 30 times a day you're not an investor any mor...
DAVID LIU