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Anscheinend hat Isaac Stone Fish für Newsweek mit Ai Weiwei gesprochen. Wo und wann das Gespräch stattgefunden hat, erklärt Fish aus nachzuvollziehenden Gründen nicht. Ai spricht in diesem Interview auch über die Zeit seiner Isolierung durch die chinesischen Behörden. "Determined to maintain his wits, Ai tried to memorize every detail of his detention. 'But after 20 days, my brain became completely empty,' he says, disclosing the fullest account yet of the grim conditions of his confinement. Cut off from the outside world, in a featureless cell, his mind began to panic. 'I realized you need information to stay alive. When there's no information, you're already dead. It's a very, very strong test-I think more severe than any physical punishment,' Ai says."