Police have scuffled with protesters at a Beijing courthouse as prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang stood trial on charges of provoking trouble and stirring ethnic hatred.

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An artist has pleaded guilty to a criminal mischief charge for smashing a vase that was part of a US museum exhibit by noted Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, who helped make his name smashing a valuable vase in the name of art, said that he was miffed about another artist destroying one of his vases in Florida.

A Florida artist is facing a criminal charge after police say he smashed a $1m vase at Miami’s new art museum, in what appears to be a form of protest.

Elton John publicly dedicated his only concert in Beijing to Chinese artist and political critic Ai Weiwei, sending a murmur of shock through an audience accustomed to tight censorship of entertainment.

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is returning money to his supporters after exhausting all legal options in fighting a massive tax bill that his backers saw as punishment for his activism.

A Chinese court today rejected artist Ai Weiwei’s lawsuit over a 15 million yuan (€1.9m) fine imposed on his company for tax evasion.

Chinese police today barred Ai Weiwei from attending the first hearing of a legal case brought by his company against Beijing tax authorities and blocked reporters from filming at the courthouse.

Andy Warhol’s Double Elvis sold for $37m (€28m) and works by Roy Lichtenstein and Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei broke their own records at Sotheby’s contemporary art sale.

We cannot let trade opportunities with China blind us to our responsibility to support human rights activists there, writes Colm O’Gorman

Human rights groups are expressing their concern at the official visit of China's Vice President to Ireland.

TIME magazine has named the collective “protester” around the world as its person of the year, citing the change brought by street demonstrations from Arab countries to New York.

Chinese protestors are showing solidarity with dissident Ai Weiwei in a novel fashion.

OUTSPOKEN artist Ai Weiwei claims Chinese authorities are seeking €1.7 million in back taxes and fines from him.

CHINESE dissident artist Ai Weiwei has returned to Twitter following a long silence after his release from detention in June when he was barred from giving interviews as part of his bail conditions.

Chinese artist and government critic Ai Weiwei is being pursued for nearly $2m (€1.4m) in unpaid taxes and fines.

ONE of China’s most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, returned home yesterday after completing a jail term for subversion, but looked likely to be muzzled along with other top dissidents.

RENOWNED Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among the most prominent activists detained in China’s recent crackdown, was released on bail after state media said he confessed to tax evasion, accusations his family has denied.

Renowned Chinese activist artist Ai Weiwei has been released on bail after authorities said he confessed to tax evasion.

COUNTER-CULTURE legend Bob Dylan made his long-awaited China debut yesterday after finally getting approval to bring his charged songs of protest and struggle to a nation where dissent is muzzled.

China blocked one of its most famous contemporary artists from taking a flight to Hong Kong today and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man’s assistant said.

Chinese security agents launched a wide-ranging clampdown on dissidents today, hours before the award Nobel Peace Prize award to imprisoned democracy activist Liu Xiaobo.

China's crackdown before next week’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony has widened to block a well-known artist and an economist who is more than 80 years old from travelling overseas.

A vast floor within London's Tate Modern art gallery has been carpeted with more than 100 million “sunflower seeds” – the latest commission in the annual Unilever Series.