Ai Weiwei

4/21/2011: Posted at the request of UO historian Glenn Anthony May:

I received an Email today from a distinguished China scholar who asks whether the University of Oregon has had public discussions concerning the “illegal detention of Ai Weiwei.” I can’t answer that. (Here is one event at PSU.) Are any UOMatters readers aware of such events at UO?

As UO Matters readers are doubtless aware, the internet is flooded with stories about Ai Weiwei. Here are few links to recently posted stories and columns:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/opinion/20Rushdie.html?hp

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/04/16/135464899/art-and-consequence-a-talk-with-chinas-controversial-ai-weiwei

http://www.pekingduck.org/2011/04/the-global-times-and-ai-weiwei/

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3129&Itemid=258

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/2011/04/crackdown-on-ai-weiwei-extends-to-family-friends-and-associates.html?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=feeds&utm_source=feeds&utm_nooveride=1

If you have any information to share, please post a comment. Glenn Anthony May.