I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.

Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

The demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.

For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.

I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we'll have competition. And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would've lost the ground to win.