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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Falls Victim to Beijing's Fears About the Mideast's Jasmine Revolution

The famous artist and dissident once seen as a protected "princeling" has been detained by a Beijing regime increasingly fearful that the revolutionary fervor gripping the Mideast will spread to China. Melinda Liu reports.

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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images,Peter Macdiarmid

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