[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
AI WEIWEIThe Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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A 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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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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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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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am.
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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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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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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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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