Voice of America: China to Shut Down Ai Weiwei's Art Firm

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China to Shut Down Ai Weiwei's Art Firm Oct 2nd 2012, 12:19 Chinese authorities plan to shut down the company founded by prominent artist and dissident Ai Weiwei. Ai's legal consultant Liu Xiaoyuan said in a blog post Tuesday local authorities are pulling the business license of Beijing Fake Cultural Development because it did not follow annual registration requirements. The company, which markets Ai's art, last week lost its final appeal against a $2.4 million tax evasion fine imposed by the Beijing tax bureau last year. His supporters ... Media files: 7D6C8460-2285-47F5-85C0-57B748F9D595_cx0_cy7_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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