We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
AI WEIWEILiberty is about our rights to question everything.
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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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At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year – 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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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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How to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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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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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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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 fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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