China’s greatest artist, Ai Weiwei, caused controversy in the summer when he announced he would stay away from the Olympic Games, despite being the creative mind behind Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium.

In an exclusive interview for Index on Censorship‘s ‘Made in China issue’, he told Simon Kirby about challenging state censorship and the status quo.

Read here

• About
• Latest Posts

Jo Glanville

Jo Glanville is editor of Looking for an enemy: eight essays on antisemitism (Short Books) and Qissat: short stories by Palestinian women (Telegram/Saqi Books). She is a former editor of Index on Censorship.

Latest posts by Jo Glanville (see all)

• Belarus: Journalist Andrei Aliaksandrau faces up to 15 years in prison - 1 July
• Stop holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of Israel - 17 May
• A critical autumn for freedom of speech - 12 September

2 responses to “Editor’s pick 2008: Ai Weiwei”

1. No sign of Ai Weiwei day after airport arrest | UNCUT says:

   25 February at 15:47

   […] Read Index’s exclusive 2008 interview with Ai WeiWei here Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Tweet about it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend […]

2. China releases dissident artist Ai Weiwei « UNCUT says:

   23 November at 11:41

   […] PLUS: READ INDEX ON CENSORSHIP MAGAZINE’S INTERVIEW WITH AI WEIWEI HERE Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Buzz it up Buzz it up share via Reddit Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later […]