Born Quote by Ai Weiwei

All the experience the Chinese people have accumulated through several decades teaches us to enforce the people's democratic dictatorship, that is, to deprive the…

— Mao Zedong

If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become…

— Ai Weiwei

Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is a political…

— Michael Anti

People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it's very difficult to have the…

— Peter Ustinov

Some people in China don't look at freedom of speech as an abstract ideal, but more as a means to an end.

— Yiyun Li

The Chinese concept of rights arose, then, in a context of power. Western nations had become powerful enough, and imposed their will in nakedly…

— David Wong

The Chinese government clearly does pay attention to public opinion expressed on the Internet - the extent to which they choose to adapt their…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone…

— Ai Weiwei

In order to exercise the right to freedom of speech conferred by the Constitution, one should fulfill the social responsibility of a Chinese citizen.

— Liu Xiaobo

To protect the right of expression is the central part of an artist's activity... In China many essential rights are lacking, and I wanted…

— Ai Weiwei

China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my…

— Ai Weiwei

More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.

— Michael Anti