aiww The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

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aiww The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
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On 3 April 2011 as he was boarding a flight to Taipei the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport Advised merely that his travel could damage state security he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days On his release the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion
DirectorJames MacDonald
WriterHoward Brenton

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Original Language:English