Tag: Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei & Mo Yan on Publicity and Responsibility

In an interview and a recent speech, respectively, artist Ai Weiwei and Nobel-winning author Mo Yan expressed sharply different attitudes towards public exposure and social and political responsibility. From Bernhard Zand, talking to Ai Weiwei for Spiegel Online: SPIEGEL: How have you been lately? Ai: In general I am fine; my situation is as good as anybody else’s. It is still difficult but

May 10, 2013 1:35 PM

Artist Zhao Zhao: ‘I Try To Resist Being Tamed’

Last year, a number of works by the artist Zhao Zhao were confiscated by Chinese customs officials on their way to an exh

May 1, 2013 4:55 PM

Two Looted Zodiac Sculptures to Return to China

Two zodiac sculptures stolen from the Old Summer Palace by British and French troops in 1860 will return to China later t

April 28, 2013 3:20 PM

Petitioners’ Last Hope: Foreign News Media

At Global Times, Lin Meilian describes petitioners’ attempts to get their stories heard by the international media:

April 8, 2013 9:28 PM

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