Bird's Nest: Ai Weiwei in English (beta)

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The views expressed on this blog are solely those of Ai Weiwei and the individuals he quotes or retweets. We do not represent the artist, his views or his opinions, and while we make every effort to ensure accuracy in translation, we cannot guarantee it; we are simply providing this site as a service for English speakers.
I'm here. RT //zhaoqingjian: Aunt Ai!!! RT //aiww We need to keep chasing with our questions, until they bow down their heads and answer sentence by sentence, word by word. RT //Tworoom: //aiww Their stance has never been one that come from moral or legal grounds, but: one absolutely must not follow the requests of common folks, otherwise there will be endless side effects once the door is opened. #1115