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Ai Weiwei: “I Try to Talk Less”

In Berlin, Ian Johnson sat down with both writer Liao Yiwu, who has lived there since 2011, and Ai Weiwei, who recently traveled there after having his passport returned after a four-year confiscation: This is your first time abroad in almost five years. Did you have to agree to anything to come abroad? Ai: They always put pressure on me before I was arrested. They were always saying certain things I should discuss. I should not discuss politics. But you’re talking about them. Ai: