When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.

No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.

Be reasonable with the students and make sure they see the logic in what we're doing.

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

We should not lay all past mistakes on Chairman Mao. So we must be very objective in assessing him. His contributions were primary, his mistakes secondary. In China, we will inherit the many good things in Chairman Mao's thinking while at the same time explaining clearly the mistakes he made.

Absorbing foreign capital and technology and even allowing foreigners to construct plants in China can only play a complementary role to our effort to develop the productive forces in a socialist society. Of course, this will bring some decadent capitalist influences into China. We are aware of this possibility; it's nothing to be afraid of.

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.