‪The FT interviews Ai Weiwei at home in Beijing, a city he is forbidden from leaving on terms of his detention since tax evasion charges in June. Amidst outdoor security guards and cameras, punning artwork, and his pet cats, alleged political dissident and acclaimed activist Ai Weiwei reflected: “Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don’t have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want – not only you, your whole family and all people like you.†As the artists is not supposed to speak to the media, his wife was afterwards questioned at the police station. [AO Newslink]
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