[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
AI WEIWEIThe relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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I never regret anything.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that’s all I know.
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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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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
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I want people to see their own power.
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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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