An Anachronist’s Life

我们要始终坚持党的基本路线不动摇，做到思想上坚信不疑、行动上坚定不移，决不走封闭僵化的老路，也决不走改旗易帜的邪路，而是坚定不移地走中国特色社会主义道路。

——胡锦涛在纪念十一届三中全会召开三十周年大会上讲话（David加黑）

China’s official PR machinery often succeeds mainly in making the country seem far more closed-off, impenetrable, defensive, and difficult to deal with than it actually is most places most of the time… The vast majority of Chinese net users would never look at NYTimes.com anyway?it’s in the wrong language. Those who really want to see what’s on there can find a way to do so, despite the block. And how confident, open-minded, rules-abiding, modern and so on will the episode make the Chinese government look in other countries’ eyes?

– James Fallows, The Atlantic Monthly journalist, who has been living in China for the past three years, shakes his head at the decision to block NYTimes.com. (Bold by washingponst.com)

你这个，我跟你说啊，你现在别按照你的思路，你跟着我的思路走。我们马上要在网上公布消息，而且要占领天涯，占领你们所有得到信息的渠道，所以你再不要挖这个事了，这是学校的一个集体行为。

——西安电子科技大学宣传部长，当中国之声记者采访滥用学生信息办信用卡事件 （David加黑）