QUOTES OF THE WEEK

There is no such think as China’s overcapacity problem PRESIDENT XI JINPING, SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA DURING HIS VISIT TO FRANCE, SAYS BEIJING’S HUGE OUTPUT OF HI-TECH GREEN GOODS WILL HELP THE PLANET MEET ITS CLIMATE OBLIGATIONS, AS HE HITS BACK AT COMMENTS BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN WHO SAID ‘THE WORLD CANNOT ABSORB CHINA’S SURPLUS PRODUCTION’

China … strongly calls on Israel to heed the overwhelming demands of the international community, stop attacking Rafah FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN LIN JIAN ON ISRAEL’S OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY

We’re in this … situation where a defendant is potentially going to have the power to shut down his own prosecution LAW PROFESSOR RANDALL ELIASON ON THE DELAY TO DONALD TRUMP’S TRIAL ON CHARGES OF ILLEGALLY KEEPING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS UNTIL POSSIBLY AFTER THE ELECTION, AS THE TOP COURT CONSIDERS THE EX-U.S. PRESIDENT’S POSSIBLE IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION

In our culture, I’m not talking about just athletes but I’m talking about kids. What I had to go through, a kid now? ‘Oh no, got to stop, mental health’ U.S. ATHLETICS LEGEND CARL LEWIS, LAMENTING THE LACK OF NEWCOMERS WILLING TAKE ON THE DEMANDS NEEDED TO BECOME A WORLD-CLASS LONG JUMPER