Dezeen Wire: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has described Beijing as a prison and a city of violence in an article published on the website of American magazine Newsweek.
The article was published despite Chinese authorities forbidding the artist from giving interviews, following his release in June from 81 days of detention.

he SURE loves to play victim… i grow up in east and west. how about he try to do something productive and make art, give out his money and build more charities instead of just yapping about how bad the world is…. try stabbing at america's society too, i dare u