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Ai Weiwei turns camera on himself, citing ‘global’ problem

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Peter Parks / AFP – Getty Images Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is seen in the courtyard of his home in Beijing in this file picture from November 2010. By Eric Baculinao BEIJING – A day after installing home cameras to parody the Chinese police’s 24-hour surveillance of himself, Ai Weiwei says he has not received any adverse reaction so far from authorities.

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