Design proposals are expected to interpret the themes and values of the Olympic movement with Chinese style, culture and spirit.

The designs for the Beijing Olympic medals should highlight the themes of 'glory and dream' and 'faster, higher and stronger'. The medals should be the material vehicles to disseminate the Olympic ideals and the concepts of the Beijing Games, to showcase China's arts, designs and scientific and technological development. They should become the unique legacy of the Beijing Games.

Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

The hall is the greatest sacred site to give a panorama of the centuries-old Chinese culture, both extensive and profound.

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.