The man who desecrated Pu'er tea (I don't think I will ever get over that lol), Ai Weiwei, has been put on Time's 100 most influential people list. This is undoubtedly going to be a great boost to his career. However the editorial commentary by Time only works to increase the American preconception of China as the authoritarian communist bad guy.
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I will never get over how he desecrated Pu'er tea either. It is a super secret, extremely expensive tea. But that is the whole point of Ai Weiwei's art. Taking something of great value and pairing it with something very plain and ordinary.
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