I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
Ai WeiweiThe Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
Ai WeiweiIn the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.
Ai WeiweiThere are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US - from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
Ai WeiweiThe 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 policy, the build-up of the welfare state, the jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
Ai Weiwei