Bye-bye, Guobao, Berlin Bizarre?

German daily Die Welt believes that Ai Weiwei (艾未未), if he makes it to Berlin again, will find himself in a “bizarre situation”, as the man from whom he wants to buy an industrial building for his projects, a Berlin barrister and realtor, [update: name omitted]  hadn’t only been a leading member of East Germany’s “Free German Youth” (FDJ) mass organization, but had also served the ministry for state security (Stasi) under the alias “Fidel”.

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Huanqiu: China is no Puppet, it’s Complicated, April 8, 2011

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