I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].

I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.

Somehow, we [ Tan Dun and director Chen Kaige] were all privileged at the time; we could be outside of China. But at the moment, we had no sense of what the future was going to be like.

Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.

It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.

After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.

Volkswagen's China sales are expected to recover slightly starting from the second half of this year or 2007 with introductions of these new products.

But considering China mainland's scandal-riddled brokerage sector, any concrete move may not come early this year before risk-management rules are finalized while only select brokerages are likely to be included at the initial stage.

I think it's unfair to say that Chinese companies are squeezing out American companies. China has so many solar companies that are failing, too.

We see it as a clear example of persecution extending from China to U.S. soil.