1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgMadeline Earphttps://cpj.org/author/mearp/In Ai Weiwei coverage, a couple of unexpected notes - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="T4YSNuBFFN"><a href="https://cpj.org/2011/04/in-ai-weiwei-coverage-a-couple-of-unexpected-notes/">In Ai Weiwei coverage, a couple of unexpected notes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2011/04/in-ai-weiwei-coverage-a-couple-of-unexpected-notes/embed/#?secret=T4YSNuBFFN" width="600" height="338" title="“In Ai Weiwei coverage, a couple of unexpected notes” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="T4YSNuBFFN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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We reported Thursday that Chinese media reports on Ai Weiwei have reflected his ambiguous status in Chinese law. After several days in which Ai was considered missing, the Foreign Ministry acknowledged police were investigating him for "economic crimes" although it stopped short of saying he was detained. Coverage within China remains very limited, although there…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260