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www.thedailybeast.com — The Voice Of Treason: China's most famous dissident artist, Ai Weiwei, speaks out about the ordeal of his Detention.

www.thedailybeast.com — Beijing is two cities. One is of power and of money. People don't care who their neighbors are; they don't trust you. The other city is one of desperation. I see people on public buses, and I see their eyes, and I see they hold no hope. They can't even imagine that they'll be able to buy a house. They come from very poor villages where they've never seen electricity or toilet paper.

www.guardian.co.uk — Ai Weiwei, the artist held for more than two months by Chinese authorities, has lashed out at the "torment" of friends entangled in his case and pressed the cases of detained activists.

"If you don't speak for Wang Lihong, and don't speak for Ran Yunfei, you are not just a person who will not stand out for fairness and justice; you do not have self-respect," he tweeted today.

www.nytimes.com — Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and recently imprisoned dissident, said Wednesday that he had agreed to become a visiting lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts in 2012, but that he did not know whether China's government would allow him to leave the country to work there.

www.penn-olson.com — There are concerns today that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been banned from Twitter by authorities, despite his recent release from prison...