Tag Archives: Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei’s river crab banquet

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is put under house arrest in Beijing, but but his river crab party in Shanghai goes on without him.

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The day Ai Weiwei learned about Twitter

Artist and reformed journalist Chris Gill has posted a recording of an interview with Ai Weiwei to his website Shanghai Eye.

During the interview, Gill introduces Ai to Twitter, apparently for the first time. Ai is now China’s most famous and probably most active Twitter user.

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Verifying reports of Ai Weiwei’s surgery

Is Ai Weiwei having brain surgery in Germany? Ethan Zuckerman muses on a Twitter update. Liu Xiaoyuan blogs about the issue.

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Ai Weiwei on the Square

Two photos by Ai Weiwei.

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The right to refuse to “chat”: Liu Xiaoyuan on Ai Weiwei’s police visit

Liu Xiaoyuan explains the logic behind “chats” after Ai Weiwei gets a visit from the police.

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Richard Burger on being a foreign editor at the Global Times

Burger answers questions about the foreign editor’s role, what his daily routine is, the openness of the Global Times and their latest center spread. .

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Ai Weiwei stays in the news

Ai Weiwei turns up at China Geeks, in the Global Times, and in two news magazines.

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China according to China

MovingCities introduce an online documentary in five parts, made by Diego Grass Puga of 0300TV, which profiles five leading Chinese architects on the topic of “China’s current situation and history.”

The online documentary is filmed by Diego Grass Puga of 0300TV, a site that specializes on “interviews, news, articles, videocast” about architecture. The video segments are listed under the titles “What is exactly happening here?” “Speed,” “Agrilculture,” “Education” and “Architecture: 2008, China.”

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Ai Weiwei, the Bird’s Nest and beyond

Hard Hat Show: Artist and architect Ai Weiwei came up with the woven design of the Bird’s Nest Stadium, the centerpiece of Beijing’s 2008 Olympic games.

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Danwei Picks: 2008-01-21

NIMBY politics, Ai Weiwei grumbles about the Olympics, a documentary on Hu Jia, and Liang Qichao on social darwinism.

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