Mountain Quote by Gao Xingjian

In December of 1990, just before my eighth birthday, I left China for the United States. My father was a political dissident, and after…

— Leana S. Wen

I left Beijing in the late 1980s to live in Hong Kong because, having been blacklisted by the government, I couldn't publish my works…

— Ma Jian

The first 13 years of my life, I lived in China. My parents were missionaries there, and I was an only child. Often I…

— Jean Fritz

In my own art, I try to use my personal voice and effort to enable some Chinese people to see the possibilities of another…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

Eileen Gu, I think, has had to sacrifice her American passport. So welcome to China. I hope stardom and the riches that you have…

— Will Cain

I have been visiting China since 1995.

— Sanjaya Baru

I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took…

— Mira Sorvino

I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.

— Ma Jian

Pretty much anybody who does creative work in China navigates the gray zone. People aren't clear about where the line is any more, beyond…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I've read hundreds of books about China over the decades. I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I…

— Donald Trump

I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national…

— Ai Weiwei

I feel perhaps my heart is still in China.

— Jung Chang