Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei allowed visit from wife

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Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei allowed visit from wife

Source: The Guardian

Ai Weiwei's wife has been able to meet the detained artist and activist for the first time since he went missing 43 days ago, a relative said today.

No one had been able to contact the 53-year-old since officials stopped him at Beijing airport on 3 April.

But his sister Gao Ge said that police took Ai's wife Lu Qing to meet him at an undisclosed location on Sunday night. She reported that he seemed healthy and was being given access to the medicine he needs for diabetes.

"They weren't allowed to talk about much. They sat across a table from each other," Gao said.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/16/ai-weiwei-allowed-visit-from-wife

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