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Ai Weiwei, for those that don't know (and I myself didn't until a couple of weeks ago), is an iconic Chinese dissident, and a world famous artist. For the last few years he has been obstinantly thumbing his nose at the Chinese creeps that spy on him, and doing everything he can to draw attention to the miserable and dystopic behavior of the Chinese government.
37 days ago he was led away from an airport in Beijing by police, disappeared and hasn't been heard from since.
IMO, it is ghastly for the US or any Western nation that claims to value human rights to continue normal diplomatic relations with China while Ai Weiwei remains 'disappeared'. This falls squarely on the shoulders of Obama and Clinton.
I predict nothing will be done.
Edit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/09/ai-weiwei-arrest-protest-exhibition
Ai Weiwei, for those that don't know (and I myself didn't until a couple of weeks ago), is an iconic Chinese dissident, and a world famous artist. For the last few years he has been obstinantly thumbing his nose at the Chinese creeps that spy on him, and doing everything he can to draw attention to the miserable and dystopic behavior of the Chinese government.
37 days ago he was led away from an airport in Beijing by police, disappeared and hasn't been heard from since.
IMO, it is ghastly for the US or any Western nation that claims to value human rights to continue normal diplomatic relations with China while Ai Weiwei remains 'disappeared'. This falls squarely on the shoulders of Obama and Clinton.
I predict nothing will be done.
Edit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/09/ai-weiwei-arrest-protest-exhibition