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Update on detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.

Not easy to get to the truth when the government runs the media and silence is a condition of release for the accused.

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Ball point pen on today's newsprint

Chinese artist and government critic Ai Weiwei was boarding a plane to Hong Kong to meet about an exhibit when he was detained by Chinese authorities. Police later raided his studio. The detention is the latest in a larger crackdown on writers, artists, bloggers and rights activists that have seen 11 others gone missing.

Today's NYT story

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