After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.

The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that.

If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.

If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.

A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.

I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].

I deal with students every day - from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I've noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics. They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions. People who can't do that don't get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.