Michael Anti quotes
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“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.”
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“Chinese national Internet policy is very simple: Block and clone.”
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“[On Chinese Internet,] freedom is a targeted and precise window.”
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“More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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 AntiSource : "There’s No Need for the Chinese to Censor If Facebook Does It for Them" by Robert Giles, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2011.
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“People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.”
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“I have been under assault by the liberal media in the United States,”
Source : "Aaron Klein Responds to HuffPo — And Admits His Kahanist Sympathies" by Terry Krepel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2010.
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“Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.”
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“No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.”
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Source : Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.
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“Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.”
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“The Internet changes the structure of society all the time—this massiveness made of individuals.”
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