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Famous birthdays for May 18: Reggie Jackson, Ai Weiwei

1/2 Reggie Jackson smiles as he signs autographs at the Safe at Home shop near Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on September 7, 2021. The baseball star turns 77 on May 18. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo May 18 (UPI) -- Those born…
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May 18, 2023
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Dissident artist Weiwei says China unrest won’t alter regime

MONTEMOR-O-NOVO, Portugal (AP) — Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities’ strict COVID-19 policy, but he doesn’t see them bringing about any significant political change. “I don’t think that’s possible,” he told The Associated Press in an interview…
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December 7, 2022
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Chinese Protests Unlikely To Change Anything: Dissident Ai Weiwei

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has described China's COVID-19 policies as "unprecedented" but said that he doubts recent protests will be successful in the face of the country's one-party rule. Ai, who now lives in Portugal with his wife and child, spoke to German news outlet Deutsche Welle (DW) on…
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December 3, 2022
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Simon Schama: art versus the tyrants

What is included in my trial? During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. Premium Digital includes access to our premier…
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December 2, 2022
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How Should Twitter Change?

This piece originally appeared in our Daily newsletter. Sign up to receive the best of The New Yorker every day in your in-box. Last month, when Elon Musk announced that he planned to buy Twitter, I thought of “South Park,” the rowdy animated comedy series about grade schoolers. One 2016…
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May 13, 2022
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No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China

Xi Jinping’s tenure has been marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights activism. January 6, 2022 “I refuse to accept the idea that the state’s authority can’t be opposed, challenged, or interrogated. In the face of power, I would always be at a disadvantage, I knew, but I was a…
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January 6, 2022