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Minister ends China trip with Ai Weiwei plea

This content was published on Apr 26, 2011 The artist’s situation hung over Burkhalter’s six-day trip to Beijing and Shanghai, where he held talks with Chinese ministers, as well as scientists and artists. It was not until the end that he managed to bring up Ai’s case with the government. At the Beijing Foreign Studies University, few students were familiar with the artist…