"Star Wars is Chinese Taoism. -- Star Wars is Taoism in American garb , China Daily, Beijing"

“The shengren is the single most important concept in Chinese history.”

“Honesty and facts are almost irrelevant. Getting attention is key, causing offence is desirable, and provoking a physical response is the jackpot.”

“Any sage can do philosophy, but not every philosopher is a sage.”

“Chinese holiday names are not dead yet, although I would hardly call them alive either: they are truly undead vocabularies.”

“Harvard has de facto become a Chinese outpost. -- Oh, boy, do the Chinese love Harvard! , China Daily, Beijing”

“As a rule, for any society that is single-mindedly interested in its own promotion and thus survival, it would have to have a h uge population and it would have to send its people out, not letting too many others in.”