"From a foreign-policy point of view, the U.S. wants to show the American flag will fly in Asia and we won't let China design the economic model of the future,"

Gary Hufbauer, a trade specialist at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Wall Street Journal

"It may be the case that the government in a country with cultural censorship no longer has to fear criticism or satire at the hands of its own creative works. But then the whole world subjects it to criticism and satire."

Han Han

"I am sorry, but our fax machine is broken."

A woman in the propaganda office of Yinan County.

Miami Herald

"[Official concerns] are that left entirely to the market, there are no limits to the levels that program producers will sink to as they try to attract new audiences and good ratings."

Mark Natkin, managing director of Beijing-based Marbridge Consulting

The Guardian

"Usually this is the season the hallway and our stall would be packed with Africans. There would be some waiting outside to do business with me […]I haven't sold anything today,"

Lily Huang, who sells curtains and bed sheets.

Global Times

"These surfers will be remembered as pioneers. We thought China was an impossible place for us to enter, but we've done it.”

Brodie Carr, chief executive of the Association of Surfing Professionals

The Australian

“Currently, the biggest challenge in this area is the lack of the rule of law […]They can of course find some legal basis [for these punishments], but they will still create the impression that people are being punished for what they say.”

Zhan Jiang, a journalism professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Financial Times

“I believe … very strongly that it is in China’s best interest to reform and move to a market-determined currency that reflects economic conditions,”

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson

Wall Street Journal

“I am not saying it is utterly useless […]it can play video games.”

One outspoken professor from the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Financial Times