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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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Wei-wei Ai
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