I always thought that in modern history Chinese people are like a dish of sand, never really close together. But I think a dish of sand is a good metaphor because we have the Internet. We don't have to be physically united. You can be an individual and have your own set of values but join others in certain struggles. There is nothing more powerful than that.

Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.

In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.

New York has given me a lot, but I still don't consider it home.

I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.

China hasn't only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it's become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.

This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.