“No matter how long our politicians order people to sing songs of praise, no matter how many fireworks they launch into the heavens, and no matter how many foreign leaders they embrace, they cannot arouse a genuine mood of joy and celebration among the people.”

—  Ai Weiwei

2000-09, Happiness Can’t Be Faked, 2008

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