"This was the saddest and most shameful moment I had in Egypt."

"As in 1957, 1966 and 1989, Chinese intellectuals are feeling more or less the same fear as one does before an approaching mountain storm: the scariest thing of all is not being silenced or being sent to prison; it is the sense of powerlessness and uncertainty about what comes next."

"Next is dead people."

"When I was banned on Weibo before, I used to call Sina customer service with anger and ask how long it would take. I also asked friends to spread the message on Weibo to support me. However, this time I didn’t do that. I feel very disappointed. You even shut out a voice concerned about local pollution and your own lives. I will see how long you will shut me out."

"The thing is, you’ve always done things this way. You act all the time like you don’t give a damn about your own face, and then you place the condom of state power over the instrument of your own private profit."

"The entire city’s propaganda team includes 60,000 people in the system and over two million outside of the system. We must strengthen the positive guidance of hot topics. Every single propaganda worker must successfully utilize new media. ‘Read Weibo, open a Weibo account, post to Weibo, and study Weibo’ to develop the Internet’s positive energy."

"If the Party says he’s sexy, he’s sexy."

"WeiboAdmin: Dear Weibo user, because you are a foreign national publishing comments on this platform, we ask that you please provide your legal identification, such as a passport or work permit, before the end of the day November 1, 2012 so that we may verify your status. If you are unable to provide this information within this time, the site will enact mandatory measures on your account."