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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.
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Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.
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