That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.

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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.

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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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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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Communist Creativity Imposes
The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.

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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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Crises Possibility Rest
Now I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.

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Now I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
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Changing Culture Unpredictable
The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.

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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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Case Constrain Flight Imprisoned Misconception
I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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More Together
Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.

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Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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Behavior Certain Idea Independent More Participate
By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.

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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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Participating Relate Way
The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.

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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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Carries Disturbing Intention Media Message
I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.

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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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Alien Illegal Move Moving Visa Back Year
I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.

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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.

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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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Lifestyle More Producing Realized Symbolic Thing
I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.

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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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It’s like the mountains, the ocean and the rivers. It has its own geological forms. Societies cannot be flat. But during change, human rights, human dignity and free speech have to be protected. Otherwise, we’ll be going backward.

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It’s like the mountains, the ocean and the rivers. It has its own geological forms. Societies cannot be flat. But during change, human rights, human dignity and free speech have to be protected. Otherwise, we’ll be going backward.
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Backward Form Geographical Protected
Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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Understood Warhol
The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.

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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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Culture Fake Lie Nowadays
I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.

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I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
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