The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.

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

If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than the gallery artworks.

China restricts the society's freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals. Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.

To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.

China spends a lot of resources and effort on gaining soft power over culture. The hope is that it can be the last lifeline for the Party's survival. Obviously, the idea will fail.