Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
AI WEIWEIWhenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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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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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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We are not on – even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.
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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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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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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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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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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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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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