CHINA | Donations Ai Weiwei's supporters cast 570,000 euros to your garden

Anonymous citizens help the artist dissident to pay your fine

Thousands of people donate money these days spontaneously Ai Weiwei, in order to help the well-known Chinese dissident artist and pay the heavy fines imposed on the tax authorities for alleged tax evasion.

 Some fans throw him folded bills in the form of paper airplanes above the gate of his studio in Beijing, told the dpa agency Ai Weiwei. To date, more than 20,000 people had been arriving more than five million yuan (790,000 euros dólares/570.000).

Treasury demanded the artist of 53 years over 15 billion yuan last week for alleged unpaid taxes and fines. Ai Weiwei received mid-month deadline to pay its debts. The artist, who was arrested some months ago for several weeks, believes that this is another attempt to intimidate him. 

Ai Weiwei emphasized, however, that return the money received, as no one can receive donations in China without official authorization. His assistants register lists each amount received, he said.

"I see the emergence of civil society in China. I see hope," the artist also welcomed the wave of solidarity.

Via:elmundo