Several days ago, to celebrate the April 1 holiday I wrote a post about a Chinese artist. In it I refer to the very real challenges faced by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Not long after my post, I discovered that Ai Weiwei had been detained in China prior to boarding a flight from Beijing to Hong Kong. France and Germany have already called for his release and others are voicing their concern in other ways -- for example an architect refusing to take any additional commissions in China until Ai Weiwei is released.
I will very soon be back to posting regularly and will comment more on Ai Weiwei's predicament and related issues. I feel that China being so concerned about an artist speaks volumes. Unfortunately for Ai Weiwei and others like him, China is not playing an April Fool's joke.
I will very soon be back to posting regularly and will comment more on Ai Weiwei's predicament and related issues. I feel that China being so concerned about an artist speaks volumes. Unfortunately for Ai Weiwei and others like him, China is not playing an April Fool's joke.
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