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Ai Weiwei in Sunny TV Interview Calls Yang Jia a Knight-Errant, Not a Reclusive Person

2010.12.18 ·Reported ·Importance II ·Sources 1 ·Beijing

On December 18, 2010, Ai Weiwei was interviewed by the documentary program of Sunny TV, talking about Yang Jia as he knew him: he liked blogging, mountain climbing, and spending time with people he liked — not a reclusive person, but a person who made choices. He said Yang Jia went this far to defend the dignity of life; when most people swallow down filthy things, Yang Jia said, I won't swallow this.

Second trial opens in the "Guizhou Yang Jia case" of He Shengkai; netizens liken him to Yang Jia

2010.12 ·Reported ·Importance II ·Sources 1 ·Guizhou

Around December 2010, the second trial of the He Shengkai case in Guizhou opened, which the outside world called the "Guizhou Yang Jia case." He Shengkai once wrote in his diary, "Yang Jia's fine deed is Xuanyuan's lamentable affair." Netizens and lawyers placed his case alongside the Yang Jia case, worried that his judicial rights and interests would not be safeguarded.