Ever since Ai Weiwei was hit with a $2.4 million tax bill, or 15 million yuan, donations have been flying over the wall of the artist's compound in northeastern Beijing on the backs of paper airplanes.
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei vowed on Wednesday to fight tax evasion charges to the death, a day after the government ordered a company linked to him to pay 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes and fines.
The Chinese government slapped a $2.4 million tax notice on one of its most prominent artists; one who played a key part in the design of the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest where the 2008 Summer Olympics were held.
John McCarthy, best known for coining the term “artificial intelligence” over five decades ago and inventing the programming language Lisp, died on Oct. 23. He was 84 years old.
The companies which are expected to see active trade on Friday are: General Electric, Verizon Communications, Suntrust Banks, Microsoft, McDonalds, Altera, Air Products & Chemicals, Dover Corp, Honeywell International and Schlumberger.
The controversial artist and activist beat past winners Larry Gagosian and Hans Ulrich.
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, whose 81-day detention earlier this year caused an international outcry, has been named the art world's most powerful figure in a new ranking.
A vintage World War II plane crashed into a crowd and killed at least 12 people in Nevada on Friday.
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is living a heavily restricted life in Beijing after being released from detention earlier this year, but his work is speaking volumes to people in the second-largest U.S. city.
In seeming disregard, or perhaps in spite of it, Ai Weiwei broke the conditions of his release from a detention in Beijing to issue a scathing attack on the Chinese government in an online editorial published by Newsweek.
A test flight of Falcon HTV-2, touted as the world's fastest ever plane, failed and the aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
FBR Capital Markets expects the S&P's downgrade of the United States' debt will actually have a more negative impact on the commercial aerospace names as compared with its defense names.
After nearly three months in jail, Chinese democracy activist Ai Weiwei was freed this week, but that doesn't exactly mean he's 'free.'
The name “Ai Weiwei” has joined a long list of sensitive words in this country, and associating yourself with the artist has become tantamount to asking for trouble.
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has been freed by the mainland government on Wednesday, China's official state media reported.
Ai Weiwei, arrested last April on charges of tax evasion, was released Wednesday on bail.
China finally released controversial pop-artist Ai Weiwei on bail, according to state media.
A report by Chinese police said a company controlled by Ai Weiwei, one of China's best-recognized contemporary artists, has evaded a big amount of tax payment which indicated the first economic crime after his arrest and has triggered an international outcry
Anish Kapoor had dedicated his new monumental art piece 'Leviathan' to Chinese artist Ai Weiwie, who was is custody by Chinese authorities for unspecified crimes.
