I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
AI WEIWEIThe deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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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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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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I want people to see their own power.
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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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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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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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