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It’s 5% sales tax now and by 2015, 10%. All to prevent the debt crisis. Yoshihiko Noda the Prime Minister is banking his career on this. Not much more to report on this except by ready for some slumping in economy there. (Boston.com – Sales tax)
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The name of his company is, Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd. It’s owned by his wife and with a company name like that, the government won’t hesitate to ding him. Ai mentions that he’s merely a designer but the government is proceeding anyway. Ai mentions, “But they told me: ‘If the country says you have evaded taxes, then you must have evaded them. Why don’t you lose hope? This country will never change its ways.’” (Reuters – Ai Weiwei Taxes)
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