Beijing Coma Took Me 10 Years To

To Become Self-aware, People Must Be Allowed To Hear A Plurality Of Opinions And Then Make Up Their Own Minds. They Must Be Allowed To Say, Write And Publish Whatever They Want. Freedom Of Expression Is The Most Basic, But Fundamental, Right. Without It, Human Beings Are Reduced To Automatons.

Living In London Is Like Being On A Luxury Cruise Liner.

The Literal Meaning Of The Chinese Characters For Revolution Is Elimination Of Life

I Wanted To Analyse And Understand How The Chinese People Could Have Their Lives So Crushed By Fear.

In 1989, I Was On Tiananmen Square With The Students, Living In Their Makeshift Tents And Joining Their Jubilant Singing Of The Internationale. In The Two Decades Since, Each Time That I Have Gone Back, Visions From Those Days Seem To Return With Increasing Persistence.