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Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese dissident artist, who now resides in Germany.
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Ai Weiwei on screen
A new documentary film explores the dissident artist's work, background, and motivations.
Propaganda exercise?
As the Chinese Year of Culture gets underway, there is a conspicuous absence of critical voices.
Crackdown
China jails another well-known activist as it clamps down on critics ahead of a leadership change.
Chinese dissident
The whereabouts of Chinese dissident lawyer are released to his brother's relief.
Chinese dissent
China adds two new names to its prison roll call.
Posing nude
Ai Weiwei's fans strip off to protest against the authorities' accusations of pornography.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei deposits 8.45 million yuan into a tax bureau account in a tax evasion case.
Show of solidarity
Donations are flooding in for artist Ai Weiwei, who is facing a 1.6-million-euro government fine.
Taxes and tactics
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei faces a whopping tax bill, but says Beijing just wants to silence him.
The right to silence
Rights groups are concerned about China one year after Liu Xiaobo wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
China to the rescue?
Chinese experts doubt whether Wen Jiabao's offer of help to the EU is altruistic.
Prisoner to professor
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is to be a visiting professor at Berlin's University of the Arts.
Beijing-Berlin
Liao Yiwu has arrived in Germany where his latest book about prison life is soon to be published.
Elephant in the room
Germany and China held their first government consultations, but the two still have issues.
Human rights
Activists try to ensure rights are high on the agenda as China and Germany sign economic deals.
China to the rescue
China looks to expand its ties to Europe to help the troubled eurozone out of its crisis.
Activist returns home
China releases prominent activist Hu Jia from prison after serving three years for subversion.
Hope and discord
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is visiting Europe at a tricky time in its relations with the EU.
Limited freedom
Artist and dissident Ai Weiwei was released on June 22 after having been detained since April.
Out on bail
Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is free on bail, but he still faces criminal charges.
'We're relieved'
German art director Klaus Staeck says the protests for Ai Weiwei contributed to his release.
Keeping quiet
Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei isn't saying much now that he's been released from custody.
Ai Weiwei is well
Ai Weiwei has been allowed to meet his wife after six weeks of isolation.
Enlightened?
Visitor numbers are up at the Enlightenment art exhibition, but Ai Weiwei is still missing.
Dissident honored
Imprisoned Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has been appointed to a German arts academy.
Politics over art
Dissident Ai Weiwei's Berlin exhibition has generated more political support for his release.
Art as a human right
German culture vultures mull ways of helping incarcerated Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Guest professor
An invite to teach at Berlin's University of the Arts remains open to imprisoned artist Ai Weiwei.
Set Weiwei free
Amnesty International demands Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's immediate release by Chinese authorities.
Ai Weiwei & Japan
Our readers and Asia Compact listeners love to send in their views. Here's a selection.
Enlightenment in China
Ai Weiwei was arrested shortly after a German Enlightenment art exhibition opened in Beijing.
Ai Weiwei
The Chinese artist's recent arrest at home highlights the esteem in Germany and Europe for his work.
Ai Weiwei's mother deplores his arrest
Ai Weiwei's mother has spoken about her son to DW in an exclusive interview.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei disappeared
Human rights groups are concerned over the dissapearance of Ai Weiwei and other Chinese dissidents.
Artist held
Artist Ai Weiwei is detained in Beijing days after announcing plans to open a studio in Berlin.
Berlin atelier
Amid growing interference in his work, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is setting up a studio in Berlin.
China restricts human rights activists from travelling
Prior to the Nobel ceremony in Oslo, the authorities have tightened their grip on dissidents.
Cameron in China with largest-ever delegation
British Prime Minister David Cameron is on a major trade mission to China.
Art and power
Nobel laureate Herta Mueller and artist Ai Weiwei joined in criticizing totalitarianism.
Literature festival
With one author banned banned and Ai Weiwei on the program, lit.COLOGNE is tackling politics.
Opinionated art
World renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei criticizes Beijing in his latest exhibition in Munich.
Ai Weiwei's "So Sorry" Exhibition Opens in Munich
Ai Weiwei is one of the world’s most famous Chinese artists. Born in 1957, he has lived through many waves of repression in China and is a vociferous critic of China’s political system. An exhibition of his works has just opened at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. The title -- “So Sorry” -- mocks the apologies that politicians and influential figures have taken to making in the past few years. Apologies that are often far from sincere and rarely followed up.
Art for the Masses
The town of Kassel will host 1,001 visitors from Beijing. But they're not tourists -- they're art.
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