“We are certainly very much displeasured and regret the fact that the U.S. side would totally

“We are certainly very much displeasured and regret the fact that the U.S. side would totally ignore the repeated positions of the Chinese side and go ahead with its erroneous decision. ”

Wang Baodong

A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, opposing a White House meeting between President Bush and the Dalai Lama and a ceremony to award the spiritual leader the Congressional Gold Medal.

“Nooses, the ‘n’ word, a Klansman’s hood, and the burning cross are the clearest symbols of hate for black America.”

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton

Saying Congress should expand hate crime laws in order to squelch what he called a sharp rise in racism.