I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.

Somehow, we [ Tan Dun and director Chen Kaige] were all privileged at the time; we could be outside of China. But at the moment, we had no sense of what the future was going to be like.

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 story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.

China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

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

I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.

I want people to see their own power.