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Ai Weiwei Swamped with Donations for Tax Bill

November 4, 2011 by Marion Maneker

The Christian Science Monitor reports that Ai Weiwei has seen an outpouring of support from ordinary Chinese eager to help defend him against the government’s tax fine:

Thousands of individual donors swamped dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s Internet account Friday, offering to help him pay a $2.4 million tax bill he was handed earlier this week, in a striking show of defiance against the government.

“It’s amazing,” Mr. Ai said in an interview. “This has become a big movement.”

More than 1,600 supporters had pledged or paid more than 400,000 RMB ($63,500) by mid-afternoon on Friday, just a few hours after the wave of donations began to surge, the artist said.

In defiant gesture, Chinese surge forward to help Ai Weiwei pay tax bill (Christian Science Monitor)

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