As Support Grows for the Missing Ai Weiwei, State-Run Chinese Newspaper Issues 'Ominous Editorial'

Despite more calls for his release from countries across the world, which now include the US and the UK, and even more newspaper, magazine and online editorials demanding the same, artist Ai Weiwei still hasn’t been heard from since his arrest and detainment on Sunday as he attempted to leave his native China. However, as the Telegraph reports, the state-run Global Times issued “an ominous editorial” yesterday, saying in part:

“Ai Weiwei […] has been close to the red line of Chinese law.

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