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_Published 2013-06-07. Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei talks about the meaning of his striking cover art for TIME magazine's 'The World According to China' issue._


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## Transcript

>> It's China and some part of this globe and the image of Chinese map is construct with the old money sign and the flowers, which means very prosper. [ unk ] were large a push to, you know, that covers the whole surface. That's how China is look at itself. China, they means money and they become powerful in certain sense and you have-- they think they have some rights to talk that to the world. I don't think that Time Magazine can be seen in China. It's still, you know, it's like Google or Tetris, it's not welcome. It's not popular here. And for people to see this, [ unk ] China were such a large image in the purport from this the global situation and, you know, all the shining-- it's very much like in the revolutionary time or in North Korea.

They have these kind of right-- this kind of illusions and under the sense construct it's about money and it's about, you know, some kind of dreams are in a prosperity which for most people is already [ unk ] that makes kinda sense. As a way to avoid reality to face in the difficulty problems, they should face under the hours trying to push it away, trying to come up these some kind of illusion or fiction about China. I think 'cause they know exactly what is happening and you see all the leaders, politicians, one [ unk ] is purely just for their control. It's not they don't understand, you know, the so- called China [ unk ].

It's just fragile as the paper cut. You know, it's also, it's so no meaning. I mean, let's just say illusion there and-- but that is not attractive enough. It doesn't really hold up with today's challenge. So I think they are really in most difficult time now.

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