It’s Not Beautiful
Evan Osnos profiles the Chinese activist and artist whose criticism of the government puts him at constant risk of going to jail.
"His beard is his makeup," Ai Weiwei's brother said. The dissident artist served as consultant for China's Olympic stadium, then disowned the Games as "a fake smile concealing China's problems." When plainclothes agents follow him, he likes to call the cops on them, setting off a bureaucratic farce.