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Chinese Artist Knocked by China Corruption in Big Western Banks and Museums

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Chinese Artist Knocked by China Corruption in Big Western Banks and Museums
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei addresses a press conference at the Stockholm Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, on Nov. 17, 2015. Janerik Henriksson/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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The Chinese performance artist Ai Weiwei has never been convicted of a crime. Yet, Credit Suisse, one of the world’s largest banks, cited his “criminal record” in China, according to Reuters, to justify closing his bank account.
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Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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