"The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it."

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Source : "China’s Olympic Crossroads: Author Ma Jian on Beijing, Spectacle and Reality". Interview with Flora Zhang, beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2008.

Ma Jian

#Apology Quotes #Media Quotes #People Quotes

“I want to be alone ... I just want to be alone.”
“One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve.”
“Whoever is not able to sacrifice, has no talent for love.”
“Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.”
“There is a stillness in all of us that is really the essence of who we are. A stillness and a silence that doesn't move, that doesn't go anywhere and our task is to experience that while being in time.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.”
“I'm quite pregnant actually ... this is the adventure of a lifetime.”
“Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.”

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