Ai Weiwei is in the midst of attempting to strike back at Beijing tax authorities who have arbitrarily imposed upon him a tax evasion penalty worth £1.5 million. But this effort to see justice done is being thwarted by the political corruption of Chinese legal system. While the courts have agreed to take his […]
Ai Weiwei is attempting to strike back at Beijing tax authorities who have arbitratily imposed tax evasion penalty worth £1.5 million Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is taking legal action against the Chinese government for their arbitrary enforcement of a tax evasion penalty worth £1.5 million. His case lies in the fact that the Beijing […]
Spurious tax evasion charge against dissident artist Ai Weiwei to be reviewed Beijing tax authorities have agreed to review their ruling that Chinese artist/activist Ai Weiwei pay a multimillion dollar fine for ‘tax evasion’. The dissident artist reported that tax officials had informed him of this development last week, on Wednesday, by telephone. They told him […]
$800,000 flown and thrown to Ai Weiwei to help him pay harassment tax bill Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, has received more than $800,000 from thousands of supporters in a bid to help him pay a tax bill, widely recognised as government harassment. The Beijing tax bureau is demanding that Ai Weiwei pay 15 million […]