Quotes

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When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, no one anywhere, Bell included, saw its full potential. Many didn’t see any potential for

Ye Sha says many people now believe that, if there’s no law against it, then it’s all right. To many in the cities, she

“You see, in the West,” he says, “people have a moral standard that is inside them. It is built into them. Chinese people do

“I’m not lost,” she continues. “I don’t believe in Jesus or Buddha, but I believe in self-struggle, an effort to improve myself and my

“So what are you trying to do here?” “I’m trying to retreat from the fenza shiwu, the complex affairs of the world.” “And what

The absence of a monotheistic faith claiming to be revealed as divine truth is no doubt one of the reasons Chinese people claim they

Su Zhongqiu opens his laptop to show me some digital versions of his favorite modern Chinese art. He clicks on one link, and up

Many laws in the United Kingdom and the United States, implemented centuries later, that protect our freedoms as individuals, have emerged directly from clauses

Chairman Mao once said that “revolution is not a dinner party,” and he wasn’t kidding. Mao destroyed China. Quite apart from the staggering number