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China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China's interests. If this happens, China will not accept it and will resolutely take reciprocal countermeasures.— Chinese Ministry of Commerce, regarding the response to U.S. trade strategies.

"The earth is big enough to accommodate both China and the U.S."— Xie Feng, China's ambassador to the U.S., emphasizes the need for peaceful coexistence.

"China has instructed airlines to stop taking delivery of Boeing jets."— US President Donald Trump earlier this week accused China of reneging on a 'big Boeing deal', as reports emerged about Beijing’s decision.

"The impressive thing about going from a 5k to a half marathon is really a hardware robustness problem."— Alan Fern, a robotics professor at Oregon State University, explains the challenges in developing humanoid robots.

They're hitting us with everything.— Babai, an officer fighting near Chasiv Yar, said this about the attacks from Russian forces.

We have a deal for TikTok, but it'll be subject to China so we'll just delay the deal 'til this thing works out one way or the other.— Donald Trump spoke about a potential TikTok deal during a press conference at the White House.

“I think Thomas Friedman is right, and that unless something big changes, China is headed for at least half a century as the globe’s preeminent power.”— Noah Smith, discussing the potential future dominance of China.

"Iran will continue the path of the talks with seriousness to see crippling economic sanctions on his country lifted."— Esmail Baghaei, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, immediately after the negotiations.

We must recognize the severity of the United States’ tariff war and prepare as we did in 2008 and 2020.— Professor Jin Canrong, a prominent Chinese analyst, discusses the need to prepare for the challenges posed by the tariff war.

"I welcome all efforts to dig deeper."— Jamie Metzl, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in response to the revamped White House website.

"We can confirm the reporting that Chang Guang Satellite Technology Company Limited is directly supporting Iran-backed Houthi terrorist attacks on U.S. interests."— Tammy Bruce, State Department spokesperson, during a regular news briefing.