He made the Birds Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing so he'll be brought up forever.

I was introduced to his work as a kid and people seem to always mention him and his work just to say "China bad." Everytime I try to listen to why it just sounds like grey unlistenable sludge. Partially because I don't know much about history in general so I don't know what the mentioned parts of Chinese history are about. My final reason to give up is because I know much/all of what I hear is probably whitewashed propaganda. If he indeed has good criticism, I don't trust Western media to not twist his words out of their original meaning.

  • oregoncom [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Ai Wei Wei destroyed a 2000 year old artefact for backpats from some whites. CPC should've executed him. CPC has an issue of being soft on xenophile compradors.

    • Dr_Gabriel_Aby [none/use name]
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      2 months ago

      I think that’s probably an extreme reaction, they let him design their Olympic stadium after that event so they didn’t really care at all.

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      Ai Wei Wei destroyed a 2000 year old artefact for backpats from some whites.

      Including some people here on hexbear dot net if I remember correctly.