<blockquote>In our experience in China, basically there is no privacy at all – that is why China is far behind the world in important respects: even though it has become so rich, it trails behind in terms of passion, imagination and creativity.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/nsa-surveillance-us-behaving-like-china">NSA surveillance: The US is behaving like China | Ai Weiwei | Comment is free | The Guardian</a>.