Ai Weiwei: "Let Us Forget" – General

sun-zoo.com — A short, and utterly devastating, essay about remembering Tiananmen in 1989. This is a must-read. (Yes, I'm posting something from my own site and calling it a must-read, skip my site and go straight to the chinese if you like, just read it. You will not regret it).

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Glussell 2 years 35 weeks ago

Wow. Thank you for posting this, so worth a read...

Ryan 2 years 34 weeks ago

Agreed, definitely worth the read. I don't always agree with Ai, but lately have been more and more.

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