1. With love and trust, many Chinese like to " talk " to Deng as if confiding to an old friend.
2. Now he has a routine of visiting " his " bird every morning and the egret welcomes him as it would an old friend.
3. When catching up with an old China hand, our Australian friend Ray commented on the fact that he was " becoming Chinese ".
4. " Whoever says single is fabulous is a liar, " said an old friend.
5. China is an old friend of the African National Congress party of President Thabo Mbeki, which it supported while South Africa was under a racist white regime.
6. " He is an old friend of China's, " the retired archivist said.
7. Berlusconi has insisted there was nothing scandalous in his relationship with Noemi Letizia, whom he has said was the daughter of an old friend from political circles.
8. Ma said Koehler is an old friend of the Chinese people, who had made important contributions to further mutual understanding and cooperation between China and Germany.
9. An old friend of mine told me that an unpleasant thing happened to her this week at a club in Sanlitun.
10. Hu called Nazarbayev " an old friend of the Chinese people " and extended a warm welcome to him.