Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
AI WEIWEIChinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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I think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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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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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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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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For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political.
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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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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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