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Artist Ai Weiwei Says China at 'Critical Point'
Ructions in the Chinese stock market and currency suggest the country has reached a "critical point" where the absence of democratic freedoms is a growing threat to economic stability, Chinese artist and free-speech advocate Ai Weiwei says.
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China court, in rare move, to hear dissident artist's lawsuit
A Chinese court has made an unusual decision to hear a lawsuit by dissident artist Ai Weiwei who accuses the government of violating the law by imposing a 15 million yuan tax evasion penalty on the company that markets his work.
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China sends outspoken artist $2.4 million tax bill
Outspoken artist Ai Weiwei said on Tuesday that Chinese authorities are demanding he pay $2.4 million in back taxes and fines in a new show of government pressure on the dissident detained for nearly three months earlier this year.
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei returns after detainment
Artist Ai Weiwei, the most high-profile victim of a sweeping crackdown on activists in China, returned home late Wednesday after nearly three months in detention, saying he was fine and conditions of his release meant he could not say more.The official Xinhua News Agency said Ai had confessed to tax evasion, accusations his family had long denied a...
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Artist Ai Weiwei Says China at 'Critical Point'
Ructions in the Chinese stock market and currency suggest the country has reached a "critical point" where the absence of democratic freedoms is a growing threat to economic stability, Chinese artist and free-speech advocate Ai Weiwei says.
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China court, in rare move, to hear dissident artist's lawsuit
A Chinese court has made an unusual decision to hear a lawsuit by dissident artist Ai Weiwei who accuses the government of violating the law by imposing a 15 million yuan tax evasion penalty on the company that markets his work.
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China sends outspoken artist $2.4 million tax bill
Outspoken artist Ai Weiwei said on Tuesday that Chinese authorities are demanding he pay $2.4 million in back taxes and fines in a new show of government pressure on the dissident detained for nearly three months earlier this year.
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei returns after detainment
Artist Ai Weiwei, the most high-profile victim of a sweeping crackdown on activists in China, returned home late Wednesday after nearly three months in detention, saying he was fine and conditions of his release meant he could not say more.The official Xinhua News Agency said Ai had confessed to tax evasion, accusations his family had long denied a...
