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Ai Weiwei s sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the globe, and his architectural achievements include helping to design Beijing s iconic Bird s Nest Olympic Stadium. But his political activism has long made him a target of the Chinese authorities, which culminated in months of secret detention without charge in 2011. Here, for the first time, Ai Weiwei explores the origins of his exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs through his own life story and that of his father, whose own creativity was stifled.