Update: Further Censorship of Ai Weiwei’s Project – China News

sun-zoo.com — Ai Weiwei has been trying to compile a list of the names of the students who died in the Wenchuan earthquake. It's becoming increasingly clear that lots of people in the government don't want him to do that.

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