The 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.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.

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

Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.

I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable — how we decide what is valuable.