[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
AI WEIWEIThe project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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