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Artist Ai Weiwei describes his strict detention conditions
In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested without notice by the Chinese authorities and detained for 81 days. Here he writes to his son about the rules and routines he was obliged to uphold during his detention.
First broadcast on Letters from Inside, 13 September 2016.
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