Ma Jian
My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.
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Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation...Copy, art, and typography should be seen as a living...One day in 1984, at the height of his fame...God gave us the gift of life...Communism has never come to power in a country...He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves...
