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Ai Weiwei Faces Obstructions, Threats as Payment Deadline Looms (Updated)

Loans and donations to help Ai Weiwei pay an allegedly outstanding tax bill have passed the amount initially required, but his situation remains far from resolved. Ai has already begun to repay his supporters after a fashion, however, posting a performance of ‘The Grass Mud Horse Song’, as requested, to YouTube:(“It’s kind of silly,” Ai told The Global and Mail. &ldq