The development of the internet has no national boundaries. To take advantage of, promote and govern it, we must call for closer international cooperation and joint efforts to build a community of a common future in cyberspace."

President Xi Jinping, in a keynote speech via video at the opening of the third annual World Internet Conference in Wuzhen on Nov 16.

"Ecuador found in China a fundamental ally to carry out its development plans at a time it was most needed."

Jose Maria Borja Lopez, the Ecuadorean ambassador to China, says Chinese investors in Ecuador are efficient and have met development requirements of the country.

"China will not change its goals submitted to the United Nations, as well as its approaches or stances to implement the Paris Agreement. All three will not be changed by other countries, including the United States."

Xie Zhenhua, China's top climate representative made the comment on Nov 15 after Jonathan Pershing, the United States special envoy, said in Marrakech that he did not know about the future of climate policy under Donald Trump's presidency.

(China Daily European Weekly 11/18/2016 page2)