China – Quotes

To the revolutionary mind

To the revolutionary mind the American vista must have been almost as incredible as Genghis Khan’s first view of China – so rich, so soft, so unaware. Garet Garrett

Since it was announced that I had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has condemned my works and criticized them harshly. All of my works are now banned from getting into China or being published in China. What author would want to return to a country that banned his or … Read more

We also know that

We also know that China and India, as their economies ramp up, are using more and more energy. Gale Norton

In China, Internet surveillance

In China, Internet surveillance has already become a profitable industry. In fact, a growing number of private firms eagerly assist the local police by aggregating this data and presenting it in easy-to-browse formats, allowing humans to pursue more analytical tasks. Evgeny Morozov

Universities ought to be

Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition technology. Evgeny Morozov

Calling China’s online censorship

Calling China’s online censorship system a ‘Great Firewall’ is increasingly trendy, but misleading. All walls, being the creation of engineers, can be breached with the right tools. Evgeny Morozov

If China’s expansion into

If China’s expansion into Africa and Russia’s into Latin America and the former Soviet Union are any indication, Silicon Valley’s ability to expand globally will be severely limited, if only because Beijing and Moscow have no qualms about blending politics and business. Evgeny Morozov

This is the real

This is the real tragedy of America’s ‘Internet freedom agenda’: It’s going to be the dissidents in China and Iran who will pay for the hypocrisy that drove it from the very beginning. Evgeny Morozov

Often Americans have heard

Often Americans have heard Donald Trump be very hard on China. But that’s not how it’s heard over there. In China, his message is being interpreted as the sound of an exhausted America, an America that is seeking to withdraw from its commitments to NATO, to holding up, for instance, human rights around the world. … Read more

Orville Schell and John

Orville Schell and John Delury have delivered a brilliantly original and essential book: the road map to China’s quest for national salvation… Vivid, literate, and brimming with insights, Wealth and Power deserves to become a classic. Evan Osnos