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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
Designer
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Human Rights Activist
Painter
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Peking
Wei-wei Ai
Weiwei Ai
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