The 81 days of detention were a nightmare. I am not unique; it happened to many people in China. Conditions were extreme, created by a system that th… - Ai Weiwei

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The 81 days of detention were a nightmare. I am not unique; it happened to many people in China. Conditions were extreme, created by a system that thinks it is above the law and has become a kind of monstrous machine. There were so many moments when I felt desperate and hopeless. But still, the next morning, I heard the birds singing.