Chinese artist Ai Weiwei detained.
Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 9:54 amOn April 3, internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was detained at the Beijing airport while en route to Hong Kong, and his papers and computers were seized from his studio compound. Ai’s whereabouts remain unknown and due process under Chinese law has been denied him.
Members of the international arts community have expressed concern for Ai’s freedom and disappointment in China’s reluctance to live up to its promise to nurture creativity and independent thought, the keys to “soft power” and cultural influence.
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Members of the international arts community have expressed concern for Ai’s freedom and disappointment in China’s reluctance to live up to its promise to nurture creativity and independent thought, the keys to “soft power” and cultural influence.
Read more and sign an online petition @ http://www.change.org/petitions/call-fo ... -ai-weiwei
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