“The tainted milk scandal shows us that the more dark secrets are exposed, the better. You can't cure the disease, or save the Chinese people, until you get to the root of the problem.”
On the 2008 Chinese milk scandal
"If the Chinese government tries to play down this incident, there will be no social stability in China, let alone harmony... It will mean that this government has lost the most basic level of trust."[7] -
"Uproar Over China Milk Scandal". Radio Free Asia. September 23, 2008.
2000s
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Policy secretary of former Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang 1932–2022Related quotes

The Dark Of The Sun, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Into The Great Wide Open (1991)

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Source: Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom (2008); also on "The Way I See It" Starbucks Coffee Cup #284

“If you show people the problems and you show people the solutions they will be moved to act.”
At Live8 (2 July 2005) as reported in BBC News (4 July 2005) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/4648003.stm
2000s

“If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark.”
Source: Norwegian Wood (1987)