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While he’s being watched by the government for making art and statements contrary to them, he set up webcams and broadcasted his life, to be as transparent as possible, but that got shut down. He can’t win, especially when he’s constantly mocking his government’s authority and making art out of it. As innocent as it all sounds, he knows what’s up. (VOA News – Ai Weiwei)
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Ai Weiwei, now on twitter. Follow him at @aiwwenglish All he has to do is Tweet: “They were illegally detained because of me. Liu Zhenggang, Hu Mingfen, Wentao, Zhang Jinsong, innocently…” and it can make headlines.
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It’s amazing how crowd sourcing can help. $840,000 so far and he turned down $157k from a single person. I hope the crowds will continue to help him and the many others out there including us. Ai Weiwei has become a symbol for artists and freedom. It was just a few years ago that he spoke on campuses and was as approachable as anyone else. (NY Times – Ai Weiwei)
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Chinese artist He Xiangyu’s “The Death of Marat”. It’s Ai Weiwei. Some passers in a German Gallery thought it was real and alerted police. The government might wish it to be true, but this man is alive and talking.
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The name of his company is, Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd. It’s owned by his wife and with a company name like that, the government won’t hesitate to ding him. Ai mentions that he’s merely a designer but the government is proceeding anyway. Ai mentions, “But they told me: ‘If the country says you have evaded taxes, then you must have evaded them. Why don’t you lose hope? This country will never change its ways.’” (Reuters – Ai Weiwei Taxes)
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