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Chinese Artist Gets Help Paying Huge Tax Bill

from National Public Radio
November 7, 2011

After Chinese officials released outspoken artist Ai Weiwei from three months in jail, the government slapped him with a tax bill of more than $2 million. The artist has received more than $800,000 in donations to help pay off the bill.

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  • Morning Edition, November 7, 2011
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