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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.

Ai Weiwei

China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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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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We should use this public sphere and redefine – beyond China’s borders – what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen’s privacy begins.
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China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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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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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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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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It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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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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[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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[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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