By popular demand from the netizens who loaned him money, dissident-artist Ai Weiwei sings an ode to the caonima, or Grass Mud Horse. The phrase is the homonym of a profanity you use to greet the mothers of people you don’t like. Today is the deadline for Ai’s 15million RMB tax bill. Watch this space.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Listen: Ai Weiwei sings “caonima”
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