美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿说，她相信周六举行的关于叙利亚冲突的国际会议会是个转折点。包括俄罗斯和中国在内的安理会五个常任理事国都要参加这次将在日内瓦举行的会议。克林顿说，如果各方都支持国际使者科菲·安南的提议，这么这次同样由安南组织的国际会议就会成功。

"We are looking forward to hearing a report about his consultations with those whom he intends to invite. I'm keeping my calendar open for a meeting with a great hope that this perhaps can be a turning point in the very tragic circumstances affecting the Syrian people."

“我们期待听到安南与与会人员磋商后所做的报告，我会专为这次会谈腾出时间，非常希望这对折磨叙利亚人民的局势来说是个转折点。”

A month before the opening of the London Olympics, the Chinese state-run news agency yingyu.chazidian.com has predicted that China will top the medal table, once again beating the United States. The yingyu.chazidian.com editorial sets out in precise terms where China can expect to win gold medals and predicts that it can win at least 37, nine of them in gymnastics alone. At the Beijing Olympics four years ago China won 51 gold medals.

就在伦敦奥运会开幕一个月之际，中国国家新闻机构新华社预言中国将夺得最多金牌，再次打败美国。新华社社论精确预测中国将在哪些项目上夺得金牌，称至少能夺得37枚金牌，仅体操一项就可获得9枚金牌。4年前的北京奥运会上，中国获得51枚金牌。