FakeCase.com is the definitive source for information on the Chinese authorities' "tax case" against Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist who was secretly detained for 81 days from April 3 to June 22, 2011. The charges of tax evasion, online dissemination of pornography, and bigamy that were levied against Ai are widely perceived as political retaliation for his outspoken criticism of the government.
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Timeline
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03 April 2011
Ai Weiwei disappears at the Beijing International Capital Airport while on his way to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd ("Fake Ltd"),. the company co-owned by Ai's wife Lu Qing that employs Ai as consultant, is raided by Beijing police. Over the next week, several of Ai's colleagues are detained and interrogated. Four of Ai's business associates, Liu Zhenggang, Hu MIngfen, Wen Tao, and Zhang Jinsong, also disappear.
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22 June 2011
Ai Weiwei is released on bail after 81 days in secret detention. His four associates are also released shortly after.
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14 July 2011
Beijing Local Taxation Bureau Second Tax Inspection Bureau holds first closed-door hearing for Fake Ltd.
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01 November 2011
Beijing Tax Bureau determines that Fake Ltd. has committed tax evasion and imposes a 15m RMB fine.
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29 December 2011
Fake Ltd. requests administrative review of decision, which is rejected.
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13 April 2012
Fake Ltd. sues Beijing Tax Bureau at Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court. The court trial was held on 20 June; on 20 July the court rejected Fake Ltd.'s case.
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03 August 2012
Fake Ltd. appeals to Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court, which upholds the original decision on 27 September.