By Artist Ai Weiei
Beijing’s a ‘nightmare,’ moans tormented Ai
http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/html/965/2940965.html
http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/html/965/2940965.html
The outspoken critic of the Communist Party disappeared for nearly three months earlier this year before Chinese authorities, facing a global outcry, announced he had been detained for tax evasion and freed him.
Dissident Chinese Artist Calls Life in Beijing a ‘Constant Nightmare’- Robert Mackey, New York Times
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/dissident-chinese-artist-calls-life-in-beijing-a-constant-nightmare/
Dissident Chinese Artist Calls Life in Beijing a ‘Constant Nightmare’- Robert Mackey, New York Times
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/dissident-chinese-artist-calls-life-in-beijing-a-constant-nightmare/
Ai Weiwei lashes out at Chinese rulers in Newsweek
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/110829/ai-weiwei-china-article-newsweek
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/110829/ai-weiwei-china-article-newsweek
"Beijing is two cities. One is of power and of money. People don’t care who their neighbors are; they don’t trust you. The other city is one of desperation. I see people on public buses, and I see their eyes, and I see they hold no hope." Ai Weiwei
Consider the big jug as China, dropping to the floor to shatter unless it is made of lead like the old guard communists, the Great Unwashed — who need to be cleaned up.
The essay is next week's issue of Newsweek, which I shall purchase and make quotes.
Perhaps, I shouldn't consider visiting the country, because I might end up in a certain tourist abode like forthright Ai Weiwei.