The Chinese government has finally released artist and dissident Ai Weiwei. Peter Foster explains the significance:
Those who argue that highlighting egregious cases like Ai Weiwei’s is “counter-productive” (that’s usually code for “inconvenient”) have seen that argument weakened tonight. Some say that China, with its additional clout and importance in the world, now feels it is above responding to such pressure, but arguably the exact opposite is true. The more credible China wants to be and the bigger the say China wants in world affairs – in everything from Libya’s future to the leadership of the IMF – then the greater the pressure must be on China’s leaders to conform, in the long term, to basic international norms.
Previous Dish coverage here, here and here. The above photo is of ancient Chinese pottery remixed by Ai Weiwei. The WaPo features more of his work.
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