I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
AI WEIWEIOtherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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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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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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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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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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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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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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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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