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What's Ai Weiwei done to scare China?
If we have another 50 diplomats in China, is there perhaps a chance we shall be able to track the disappearing dissidents like artist Ai Weiwei?
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We speak to the Chinese artist and dissident, Ai Weiwei – and ask how significant the wave of protests in China really is.
Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei is a world-famous artist and activist. Krishnan speaks to him about China’s relationship with the West, his father’s exile and whether democracy really exists.
We spoke to the Chinese dissident, the artist Ai WeiWei, who is currently living in Portugal, and began by asking him how he felt about the Chinese Communist Party turning 100.
Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has had his share of clashes with the authorities in his home country over the years.
We began by asking him why he supports the protests in Hong Kong.
It is the crisis that has rocked continents and shaped global politics. The mass migration of people has dominated headlines and had far-reaching consequences on the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump. As record numbers of people have been displaced by conflict, harrowing stories have emerged of families divided and abuse at the…
A Florida artist who smashed a $1m vase by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in protest tells Channel 4 News he wants to apologise.
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei makes his heavy metal debut with a political song called Dumbass but admits “it doesn’t sound very good”.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been released from prison on bail. Chinese state TV said he had been freed after confessing to tax evasion.
Ahead of its Summer Exhibition, the Royal Academy elects Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei as an honorary academician, telling Channel 4 News it is a sign of support for the world-renowned artist.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei appeared healthy but tense during his first meeting with his family since he was arrested more than a month ago, his wife says.
If we have another 50 diplomats in China, is there perhaps a chance we shall be able to track the disappearing dissidents like artist Ai Weiwei?
Sculptor Antony Gormley tells Channel 4 News the continued detention of renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is a “disaster” for the art world, but insists “state barbarism” will not be silenced.
Global political figures join widespread condemnation of the detention of artist and activist Ai Weiwei in Beijing with his whereabouts still unknown.
The Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei remains missing after being detained at Beijing airport. A human rights expert tells Channel 4 News authorities will not say what the artist is accused of.