• When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.

    Zaha Hadid: When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.
    "Move over, Sydney: Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House". Interview with Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2011.