“Appropriate in stature, quick in movement and unafraid of hardship, Chinese astronauts are obviously superior.”
Su Shuangning, head of China’s space programme, on China’s plans to launch a manned spacecraft in 2003 (European Internet Network, 6 January)
“Our brand is already soiled.”
Marc Druart, spokesman for the shellfish industry in Bordeaux, on the decision to withdraw shellfish from the market after oil from the Prestige washed ashore (Reuters.com, 5 January)
“All we wanted was an undertaking that it was not StarLink [modified corn].”
A. M. Gokhale, chairman of India’s Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, explaining why the country rejected…
