In an interview with Isaac Stone Fish, dissident Ai Weiwei insists that expected political reforms are just not happening in China:
Ai believes the world shares responsibility for what’s happening in China, and he wants to force the international community to pay attention. “Today, the West feels very shy about human rights and the political situation. They’re in need of money. But every penny they borrowed or made from China has really come as a result of how this nation sacrificed everybody’s rights,” he says. “With globalization and the Internet, we all know it. Don’t pretend you don’t know it. The Western politicians—shame on them if they say they’re not responsible for this. It’s getting worse, and it will keep getting worse.”
As Beijing runs "rough-shod" over its WTO pledges, Bill Bishop argues that "it's time to admit that China is not becoming more democratic."
(Photo: Yuan notes which were thrown over the wall of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's home are displayed at his studio in Beijing on November 9, 2011. Thousands of people have so far donated 5.29 million yuan (830,000 USD) to help Ai pay a huge tax fine, with some throwing money wrapped in paper planes into his garden, the Chinese artist said. By Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images.)
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