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====Date: [[:Category:2010|2010]] to [[:Category:2011|2011]]==== | |||
====Region: [[:Category:Asia|Asia]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Government Censorship|Government Censorship]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Protest|Protest]]==== | |||
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'''Subject:'' Wu Yuren | '''Subject:''' Wu Yuren | ||
'''Confronting Bodies''': | '''Confronting Bodies''': Chinese government | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' 2010 | '''Dates of Action:''' May 31st, 2010 to June 2011 | ||
'''Location:''' Beijing, China | '''Location:''' Beijing, China | ||
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'''Results of Incident:''' Yuren's wife, an American citizen, campaigned to have him released. He a great deal of international support. One particular instance that drew attention to his case was when Ai WeiWei mentioned it in an op-ed piece to British Prime Minister David Cameron. Ai wrote to deplore the Prime Minister's lack of comment on China's human rights violations. Yuren received press in the United States, in such high profile publications as ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker''. He has become known by the nickname "Little Ai," as people associate both his photography and activist work with Ai Weiwei. Yuren has not been deterred from activism, and continues to speak out against the government on his Weibo account. | '''Results of Incident:''' Yuren's wife, an American citizen, campaigned to have him released. He a great deal of international support. One particular instance that drew attention to his case was when Ai WeiWei mentioned it in an op-ed piece to British Prime Minister David Cameron. Ai wrote to deplore the Prime Minister's lack of comment on China's human rights violations. Yuren received press in the United States, in such high profile publications as ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker''. He has become known by the nickname "Little Ai," as people associate both his photography and activist work with Ai Weiwei. Yuren has not been deterred from activism, and continues to speak out against the government on his Weibo account. | ||
'''Sources:''' Chayka, Kyle. "Chinese Art Activist Wu Yuren Returns to Ruins of Bulldozed Arts District." Hyperallergic — Sensitive to Art and Its Discontents. 11 Aug. 2011. Web. 18 Dec. 2011. [[ | '''Sources:''' Chayka, Kyle. "Chinese Art Activist Wu Yuren Returns to Ruins of Bulldozed Arts District." Hyperallergic — Sensitive to Art and Its Discontents. 11 Aug. 2011. Web. 18 Dec. 2011. [[http://hyperallergic.com/32272/wu-yuren-returns/]] | ||
Chayka, Kyle. ""Little Ai" Goes to Court." Hyperallergic — Sensitive to Art and Its Discontents. 9 Nov. 2011. Web. 17 Dec. 2011. [[http://hyperallergic.com/12164/chinese-artist-%E2%80%9Clittle-ai%E2%80%9D-goes-to-court-from-prison/]] | |||
Jacobs, Andrew. "Wu Yuren, Activist Chinese Artist, Goes on Trial - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 17 Nov. 2010. Web. 18 Dec. 2011. [[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/world/asia/18beijing.html]] | |||
Osnos, Evan. "Letter from China: Little Ai." The New Yorker. 12 July 2010. Web. 17 Dec. 2011. [[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2010/07/little-ai.html]] | |||
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