palani
7th November 2011, 06:21 PM
Interesting approach.
http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-send-money-chinas-ai-tax-bill-035834433.html;_ylt=AvfImRIEck4EAdIZ642Pj1JvaA8F;_ ylu=X3oDMTNydWYwaThkBG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBXb3JsZFNGBH BrZwM1OGRjNWJjNy02ZGFlLTNhMTktYTkzYy03ZTQyNTJjODg4 ZGQEcG9zAzEzBHNlYwN0b3Bfc3RvcnkEdmVyAzcwNDllNGEwLT A5NzUtMTFlMS1hNDVmLTdhNDAxNDg2MmY2Mg--;_ylg=X3oDMTFqOTI2ZDZmBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAN3b3JsZARwdANzZWN0aW9ucw--;_ylv=3
BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of people have sent more than $800,000 to Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, some tossing cash folded into airplanes over his gate, to help him pay a tax bill they see as government harassment, he said Monday.
A state-run newspaper criticized the outpouring and warned it could be illegal.
The donation campaign — also in the form of wire transfers and cash stuffed in envelopes or wrapped around fruit that is thrown into his yard — is rare for Chinese dissidents because of the threat of retaliation that comes with supporting high-profile government critics.
Nearly 20,000 people have sent more than 5.3 million yuan ($840,000) since he announced a week ago that the Beijing tax bureau was demanding that he pay 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes and fines, Ai said.
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On Monday, staff and volunteers at Ai's Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd. design company were sorting through hundreds of wire transfer receipts and sending off packets of sunflower seeds in return, a reference to Ai's past installation involving 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds at London's Tate Modern. Some donated bank notes were rolled into balls and others were folded into paper airplanes.
http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-send-money-chinas-ai-tax-bill-035834433.html;_ylt=AvfImRIEck4EAdIZ642Pj1JvaA8F;_ ylu=X3oDMTNydWYwaThkBG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBXb3JsZFNGBH BrZwM1OGRjNWJjNy02ZGFlLTNhMTktYTkzYy03ZTQyNTJjODg4 ZGQEcG9zAzEzBHNlYwN0b3Bfc3RvcnkEdmVyAzcwNDllNGEwLT A5NzUtMTFlMS1hNDVmLTdhNDAxNDg2MmY2Mg--;_ylg=X3oDMTFqOTI2ZDZmBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAN3b3JsZARwdANzZWN0aW9ucw--;_ylv=3
BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of people have sent more than $800,000 to Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, some tossing cash folded into airplanes over his gate, to help him pay a tax bill they see as government harassment, he said Monday.
A state-run newspaper criticized the outpouring and warned it could be illegal.
The donation campaign — also in the form of wire transfers and cash stuffed in envelopes or wrapped around fruit that is thrown into his yard — is rare for Chinese dissidents because of the threat of retaliation that comes with supporting high-profile government critics.
Nearly 20,000 people have sent more than 5.3 million yuan ($840,000) since he announced a week ago that the Beijing tax bureau was demanding that he pay 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes and fines, Ai said.
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On Monday, staff and volunteers at Ai's Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd. design company were sorting through hundreds of wire transfer receipts and sending off packets of sunflower seeds in return, a reference to Ai's past installation involving 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds at London's Tate Modern. Some donated bank notes were rolled into balls and others were folded into paper airplanes.