{"id":313606,"date":"2026-01-29T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ai-weiei-on-china-censorship-and-the-power-of-your-voice\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:00:17","slug":"ai-weiei-on-china-censorship-and-the-power-of-your-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ai-weiei-on-china-censorship-and-the-power-of-your-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Ai Weiei on China, censorship and the power of your voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RxmrHEmoujY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Ai Weiei on China, censorship and the power of your voice\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RxmrHEmoujY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Censorship in China comes from ideology. In the West, it comes from corporate interests&quot;<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei talks to Channel 4 News about his new book on censorship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Censorship in China comes from ideology. 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