Occupation: Contemporary Artist Birth: August 28, 1957
I can still wake up the next day and feel that there's something that needs to be done, which always amuses me..
No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy..
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 pol….
Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the sto….
It [success] is really by mistake..
After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do..
These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time..
The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system and strong censor….
I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness..
I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later..
I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place..
This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star..
This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People….
My image of what a city should be - the super-rich and all the poor and desperate and the people who have some kind of a desire. It's a surviving gam….
For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corru….
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 ….
If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm ….
Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems..
I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment..
We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is….
I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever..