Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei, born 28 August 1957, is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian and activist who has created political sculptures, photographs and public works. He grew up in the far northwest of China under harsh conditions due to his father's exile, and as an activist has been openly critical of the Chinese government and its stance on democracy and human rights, investigating government corruption and cover-ups including the Sichuan schools corruption scandal that followed the collapse of so-called tofu-dreg schools in the 2008 earthquake. In April 2011 he was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport for economic crimes and detained for 81 days without charge; he emerged as a figure in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and a prominent political commentator, and since being allowed to leave China in 2015 has lived in Portugal, Germany and the United Kingdom. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/