Ai Weiwei's Assistant Investigated for Pornography, Internet Supporters Go Nude (or Nearly) in Show of Solidarity

With artist Ai Weiwei gaining ever-more international praise and growing more vocal in speaking out against the Chinese government, as well as vowing to fight against the tax evasion charges he’d been hit with, it felt like it was only a matter of time before his perpetual sparing partner hit back. Now it looks to have either just happened or is but the first step in the return volleys. The government has reportedly taken in his assistant for questioning over one of the artist’s pieces, “One Tiger, Eight Breasts,” which featured Weiwei and four women, all nude, sitting in a studio.

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