Michael Anti famous quotes

One Chinese tweet is equal to 3.5 English tweets. ... Because of this, the Chinese really regard this microblogging as a media, not only a headline to media.
-- Michael Anti

#Media #Chinese #Internet

Chinese national Internet policy is very simple: Block and clone.
-- Michael Anti

#Block #Simple #Chinese

[On Chinese Internet,] freedom is a targeted and precise window.
-- Michael Anti

#Chinese #Internet #Window

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

#Rights #Chinese #Freedom Of Speech

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 tool, so is the absence of censorship.
-- Michael Anti

#Government #Political #Chinese

Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy.
-- Michael Anti

#Rights #Media #People

China is a BRIC country. BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China. This emerging economy really is helping the revival of the world economy.
-- Michael Anti

#Country #Mean #Russia

There is a long tradition in China for writers and journalists to take pen names, partly as protection from retaliation by authorities. If Facebook requires the use of real names, that could potentially put Chinese citizens in danger.
-- Michael Anti

#Real #Names #Long

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

I have been under assault by the liberal media in the United States,

If the media isnt slanted toward the Left, why is everyone so worried about my affiliation with Glenn Beck but not with Alec Baldwin?

With regard to the youth vote we should encourage them to partake in the process, making more use of our education system to show the role Government plays in their lives, but also utilise the youth media they relate to to better connect them to our message.

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.

The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it's difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine.

The Internet changes the structure of society all the time—this massiveness made of individuals.