Biografie

I told President Obama the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party are missing a part of the brain - the part that contains common sense.

Censorship is an unrealistic method that actually develops distrust and suspicion. The Chinese judicial system must be lifted up to the international standard of judiciary systems. Then these one billion people can have some kind of protection.

[on his impression of China's President Xi Jinping, 2014] He is courageously tackling corruption, quite effectively. Fearlessly. But real development must take place in rural areas. It is not a solution to build new, big cities.

[on the influence of Facebook and Twitter] It depends on how you use them. If the person, himself or herself, has a certain inner strength, a certain confidence, there is no problem. But if an individual's mind is weak, then there is more confusion. You can't blame technology. It depends on the use of technology.

Getting older is its own beauty: more experience to share with other people. If you age but then still feel bitter because you are not able to do lots of things you could when you were young, that is silly, unrealistic.