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https://reason.com/video/2022/02/08/artist-ai-weiwei-warns-of-chinese-and-american-authoritarianism/
Artist Ai Weiwei Warns of Chinese and American Authoritarianism
In 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, the renowned artist details his struggles with censorship.
Meredith Bragg | 2.8.2022 10:10 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvgLUB5aF_4
On the morning of April 3, 2011, the renowned artist Ai Weiwei was picked up by Chinese police at an airport in Beijing. Later that day, he found himself in the back of a van surrounded by security officials, wearing a black hood. They drove him to a secret detention facility where he was interrogated and monitored. It was here that Ai began to think of his young son, wondering when he would see him again.
"I was thinking I would be in that position for next 10 or 13 years," Ai told Reason. "And I realized, if there is a chance, I would write down [my memories] so I can pass them to my son."
The resulting book, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, tells the story of his 81-day detention, his repeated struggles with the Chinese Communist Party, and of his father, the famed poet Ai Qing, who was severely punished during China's Cultural Revolution...
Artist Ai Weiwei Warns of Chinese and American Authoritarianism
In 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, the renowned artist details his struggles with censorship.
Meredith Bragg | 2.8.2022 10:10 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvgLUB5aF_4
"I was thinking I would be in that position for next 10 or 13 years," Ai told Reason. "And I realized, if there is a chance, I would write down [my memories] so I can pass them to my son."
The resulting book, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, tells the story of his 81-day detention, his repeated struggles with the Chinese Communist Party, and of his father, the famed poet Ai Qing, who was severely punished during China's Cultural Revolution...
