¡°What we learnt was how to be a good person... If necessary, they would have given their last piece of bread away. I think we should act in the same way.?

¡ªA Swedish traveller recalling his experience in Sri Lanka after the tsunami in December. Foreign victims were looked after by locals who had also lost their property and family members.

¡°The relation between Putin and Bush is best described by a famous saying of China¡¯s former Premier Zhou Enlai: They share the same bed but dream different dreams.?

¡ªA Chinese newspaper commenting on the current relations between Russia and the United States. Bush and Putin are scheduled to meet in February in Slovakia to heal the rift between the two countries caused by differences over the Iraq war.

¡°The media contain many pictures of women with perfect faces and that¡¯s why ordinary people want to have plastic surgery.?

¡ªA Brazilian doctor explaining why so many people in that country undergo plastic surgery. About 60 per cent of surgeries in Brazil are for cosmetic purposes, with the total number second only after the US.

¡°We take some tour groups to Hainan Province and most have never flown before. We take great care of them. We have to explain how they can relieve pressure in their ears; some have even tried to open the emergency exits during the flight.?

¡ªA stewardess explaining that, with the total number of Chinese flying in 2004 reaching 80 million ?three times more than in 1991 ?many new passengers did not have even basic knowledge about flight etiquette.

¡°The reason why companies wanted little Zhang Yichi to be their brand face is because he is the 1.3 billionth citizen in China. The baby is like a ¡®stage prop??

¡ªAn insider from the advertising trade commenting on the youngest brand ambassador in the world, the 1.3 billionth Chinese citizen, who was born recently. The baby¡¯s father has signed a commercial contract with a tissue company.

¡°I have calculated the month of my baby¡¯s birth carefully, but it didn¡¯t arrive as scheduled. So I had to get the baby out a little earlier.?

¡ªA pregnant woman, among the many mothers-to-be who sought Caesarean surgery before the Chinese New Year Eve due to a superstitious belief that those who are born in the Year of Rooster will have bad luck all their lives.