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Hu Yaobang
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“We are against the world war being fomented by the superpowers and also against all the local wars of aggression which they instigate or back.”
Hu Yaobang (1915–1989) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Taiwan Communique and Separation of Powers: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, pp. 199 (1983)
“We should prepare more knives and forks, buy more plates and sit around the table to eat Chinese food in the Western style, that is, each from his own plate. By doing so, we can avoid contagious diseases.”
Hu Yaobang (1915–1989) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After Thousands of Years, China Changes its Tune on Chopsticks" in Chicago Tribune (1 January 1985)
“If you make the mistake of capitalism, you should not be criticized. But we should have self-criticism.”
Hu Yaobang (1915–1989) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In 1980, during his inspection tour in Tibet, as quoted in Southern Mongolia: Self-Determination Activist Tortured in Prison and Kept Under House Arrest
“Journalists should give 80 percent of space to reporting good things and achievements and 20 percent to criticizing the seamy side of things and expose our shortcomings [...] This conforms with the reality of society.”
Hu Yaobang (1915–1989) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: China - The Television Revolution: Nancy K. Rivenburgh, pp. 15 (1988)
“We should not blame foreigners for problems afflicting China. There are things in the West that should be considered acceptable to us, and things that are unacceptable. It is up to us to decide.”
Hu Yaobang (1915–1989) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Party Leader Says China To Extend Economic Reform" in The Washington Post (24 September 1986)