It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.

In China, we intend to acquire advanced technology, science and management skills to serve our socialist production. And these things as such have no class character.

We cannot say that everything developed in capitalist countries is of a capitalist nature. For instance, technology, science - even advanced production management is also a sort of science - will be useful in any society or country.

There is oil in the Middle East there is rare earth in China.

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.

China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one... If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her as social-imperialist, expose it, oppose it and work together with the Chinese people to overthrow it.

Let some people get rich first.