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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.

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