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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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Wei-wei Ai
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Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.
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