. . . all cynicism masks a failure to cope.
Horrible that you could write in a language so well, but have nothing meaningful to say.
No one is immune from either taking the wrong action or not taking action at all, but the sense that something is completely out of a person's control is stronger in China.
Some people in China don't look at freedom of speech as an abstract ideal, but more as a means to an end.
In China, your freedom is always limited, but this limitation applies to almost everyone. If someone does injustice to you, though, you have to find a way to avenge yourself - even by illegal measures. In a sense, injustice is more personal. This idea has always been in Chinese history. I think we read about freedom of speech, or lack of freedom of speech, in China so often. But I don't think people here in America think about how justice, or the idea of justice, is so important in a Chinese setting. It's probably more important than freedom of speech in the Chinese mindset at this moment.
If I didn't self-censor, I would be in jail, and then I wouldn't be effective at all.
There is a certain amount of politeness here in America, which is probably more than just politeness.
Speak to your people as to men that must be awakened, either here or in hell.
No matter the truth, people see what they want to see.
To make a great movie is such a combination of different things that need to come into play to actually make a memorable film and not have a film to fall by the wayside, to have something live on during the years, and one of those elements is the commitment the actors have to their performance.
As an educator, I think educators should meet the people wherever they are. Don't even ask them to come half-way. Find them where they are, and sit on a couch with them.