11.   Industry analysts were quoted by state media earlier this year as saying growth was being hit because falling operating costs were not being passed on to consumers.

12.   But analysts were quoted as telling the news agency that the fact that capital account transactions remained restricted would further secure the yuan.

13.   But the paper also quoted some analysts as saying clear-cut legal provisions were needed to determine the maximum foreign investment permitted in joint ventures.

14.   The report quoted analysts as saying that the lending had turned the company into a de facto bank and left it short of working capital.

15.   This is in order to keep a balance between industry development and the rising influence of foreign culture, the report quoted an analyst saying.

16.   Xinhua quoted stock analysts from China Securities Co. Ltd. as saying that current share prices were dangerously high in the eyes of the government.

17.   One analyst was quoted as saying that the People Liberation Army planned to simulate a blockade by increasing the areas of splashdown.

18.   State-radio in Beijing quoted analysts as accusing Taiwan of creating new divisions between Taipei and Beijing by allowing the Dalai Lama to visit.