When I escaped from China and came to Hong Kong, the contrast was that China was like hell and Hong Kong like heaven. Though I was very poor, I smelled the air of freedom and was full of hope for the future. That's the way I thought heaven is. Jimmy Lai More Quotes by Jimmy Lai More Quotes From Jimmy Lai We know there will be many battles before we win the war. Jimmy Lai top-news We are not so naive, we know there will be many battles before we win the war. Jimmy Lai top-news I think gossip and scandal is something from Western culture that has pervaded the rest of the world. Jimmy Lai rest think culture world If we want to make Tiger Woods's or Al Gore's face, the best thing would be to have them come to our light stage so we can scan their faces for our database. But in a couple of hours, all we can do is find a face which looks similar and then correct it. Jimmy Lai tiger face best light I wouldn't have launched 'Sharp Daily' without smartphones. Frankly, there's no reason for me to start another newspaper - it's a dying industry. But the smartphone is changing everything. Jimmy Lai newspaper daily start me Everybody told me that Taiwan is a very polite society and that people don't like gossip and scandals here. But they just pretend they don't like it. We have, by far, the biggest newspaper in Taiwan. They just buy it to read it at home. Jimmy Lai me society home people I thought that if I could speed up the production of animation, I could make a big business out of recreating the amazing images of the news because what we get on TV is always the last bit of image. Jimmy Lai amazing thought news business If Tung Chee-hwa dies, the stock market will take off. Jimmy Lai stock-market will take dies I don't think I should ask my kids to inherit my business, because they can't start where I did: I was from the street. I'm a very different make of person. I've been a fighter all my life. Jimmy Lai street my-life business life You cannot have the media so close to you that it becomes your voice. This is no good because it becomes too extreme, and people will resent it. Jimmy Lai good you voice people If I really treated business like a businessman, I wouldn't have done what I have done - opposing China. No businessman in their right mind would do this because you know that there will be repercussions. Jimmy Lai know you business mind Domestically, a lot of people think Xi Jinping is becoming Mao Zedong. By giving Hong Kong democracy, people would look at them as enlightened leaders. Jimmy Lai look think democracy people Nobody will have control of the media in the future, because user-generated content is going to become the major content. Jimmy Lai control nobody future media As long as I'm alive, I don't think Next Media will change. Jimmy Lai think media change long I can't rely on my money to be happy. Jimmy Lai be-happy rely money happy I don't care about my personal security or my internet security. Jimmy Lai personal security internet care It's not mainland China that rubs me up the wrong way, it is the dictatorship that rubs me up the wrong way. It's the freedom that we Chinese people are not allowed that rubs me up the wrong way. Jimmy Lai me freedom people way I am not worried at all, because this is a minor case and the charge felt forced. Jimmy Lai
