Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
AI WEIWEIMaybe being powerful means to be fragile.
AI WEIWEII think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
AI WEIWEIThe [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.
AI WEIWEIThe people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
AI WEIWEIEven if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
AI WEIWEIThe freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
AI WEIWEIWhat is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
AI WEIWEII don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
AI WEIWEII never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
AI WEIWEIBy participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
AI WEIWEIImagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
AI WEIWEIThat’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
AI WEIWEIIt also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
AI WEIWEIThis world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
AI WEIWEIIt [success] is really by mistake.
AI WEIWEIA clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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