It’s not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China’s problems are not just China’s problems – they’re human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.
AI WEIWEISo, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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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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The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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The [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.
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[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.
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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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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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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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