Ma Jian Chinese Quotations

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.

The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort. They live prosperous lives in which any expression of pain is forbidden.

On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.

The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality.

The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life