{"id":21911,"date":"2026-02-09T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/was-i-scared-going-back-to-china-no-ai-weiwei-on-ai-western-censorship-and-returning-home\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:37:21","slug":"was-i-scared-going-back-to-china-no-ai-weiwei-on-ai-western-censorship-and-returning-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/was-i-scared-going-back-to-china-no-ai-weiwei-on-ai-western-censorship-and-returning-home\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Was I scared going back to China? No\u2019: Ai Weiwei on AI, western censorship and returning home"},"content":{"rendered":"

He has been jailed, tracked and threatened by China\u2019s government. What was it like pay a visit home? As he publishes a polemic about surveillance and state control, he relives a momentous trip to see his mother<\/p>\n

Ai Weiwei is talking me through the decision-making process before his first visit to China in over a decade. The artist, known around the world as the most famous critic of the Chinese communist regime, had to do some fraught arithmetic before deciding to head back home.<\/p>\n

Before boarding a flight with his son, who had never met the artist\u2019s elderly mother, Ai thought back to his time in detention when his captors told him he would spend the next 13 years in custody on bogus charges<\/a>: \u201cThey said, \u2018When you come out, your son won\u2019t recognise you.\u2019 That was very heavy and really the only moment that touched me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nHe has been jailed, tracked and threatened by China\u2019s government. What was it like pay a visit home? As he publishes a polemic about surveillance and state control, he relives a momentous trip to see his mother
\nAi Weiwei is talking me through the decision-making process before his first visit to China in over a decade. The artist, known around the world as the most famous critic of the Chinese communist regime, had to do some fraught arithmetic before deciding to head back home.
\nBefore boarding a flight with his son, who had never met the artist\u2019s elderly mother, Ai thought back to his time in detention when his captors told him he would spend the next 13 years in custody on bogus charges: \u201cThey said, \u2018When you come out, your son won\u2019t recognise you.\u2019 That was very heavy and really the only moment that touched me.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He has been jailed, tracked and threatened by China\u2019s government. What was it like pay a visit home? As he publishes a polemic about surveillance and state control, he relives a momentous trip to see his mother Ai Weiwei is talking me through the decision-making process before his first visit to China in over a …<\/p>\n

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