If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.

I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.

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 censorship.

Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.

I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it. They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own - cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.

The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.

Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.