I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
AI WEIWEINow many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security.
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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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[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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The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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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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I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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