Jon Snow
Are the curtains of Number 10 safe from China's Mr Wen?
Jon Snow looks at the relationship between Britain and China as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits the UK.
Search results for ‘Ai Weiwei’
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: I cannot leave my home
Exclusive: days before David Cameron visits China, acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei tells Channel 4 News how he was placed under house arrest on Friday as he was about to leave Beijing for Shanghai.
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Chinese authorities ‘remove Weiwei webcams’
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei claims the Chinese authorities have taken down a website showing webcam pictures from his own home.
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Jon Snow
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Jon Snow
Osborne in China: what will the UK do to get business there?
The exhibition by the great Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy is remarkable and dominated by the pressure and suffering the Chinese authorities have subjected him.
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Gangnam Style! Anish Kapoor makes protest video
Video: Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor goes Gangnam Style in a video in support of the artist Ai Weiwei. Keep your eyes peeled for Sarah Smith and Krishnan Guru-Murthy…
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Chinese dissident wins Nobel Peace Prize
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the Nobel Peace Prize. But fellow activist Ai Weiwei tells Channel 4 News it won’t change anything in China.
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New project to make ‘The Space’ for digital art
We live much of our lives in the digital sphere in Britain in 2014, from dating to food shopping. But art?
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What are the key issues facing China’s new leader?
China’s new ruler Xi Jinping and his standing committee will preside over 1.3 billion people and the second largest economy in the world. What will be the main issues to define their leadership?
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The Donshigu Redemption
Channel 4 News International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, on blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, and how he gave 100 armed police the slip
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Blind activist escapes house arrest but fears retribution
Leading human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng escapes house arrest and is in a hidden location, but Channel 4 News hears his nephew is on the run after a violent clash with authorities.
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Beijing Bird’s Nest to white elephant?
The iconic Bird’s Nest stadium was the centrepiece of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But three years later, its owners have struggled to raise the money to maintain it, Channel 4 News finds.
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Gary Gibbon
China’s Wen snaps back at human rights ‘finger pointing’
Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the diplo-speak in force as Premier Wen addresses Chinese human rights at a press conference with David Cameron.
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China and UK in £1.4bn trade deal
Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sign a new deal worth £1.4bn for British business at a summit in Downing Street.
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China’s Wen Jiabao in UK as dissident Hu Jia is freed
Human rights campaigner Hu Jia is released from jail while China’s Premier Wen Jiabao continues his two-day stay in the UK, visiting the Chinese-owned MG plant in Longbridge.
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Riots test Communist China’s love of order
Harmony and stability are priorities for the Chinese. But as Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks discovered, young people across China are taking to the streets and calling for change.
