Chinese Government Shuts Down Ai Weiwei's Design Firm

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Ai Weiwei. Photo via REUTERS © David Gray.

After 81 days of detention without cause, a year-long travel ban extended for claims of internet “pornography,” and a $2.4 million dollar fine imposed for supposed tax evasion, Ai Weiwei has now been accused by the Chinese government of failing to re-register his architecture design firm, Fake Cultural Development Ltd.

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Cite: Vanessa Quirk. "Chinese Government Shuts Down Ai Weiwei's Design Firm" 02 Oct 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/278575/chinese-government-shuts-down-ai-weiweis-design-firm> ISSN 0719-8884

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