`` They crack down on everybody who has different opinions -- not even different opinions , just different attitudes , '' he told CNN earlier this year . ` Ai Weiwei says he had planned a party to `` observe '' a government order to raze his studio . The artist said the demolition was carried out by police on Friday and that it would be up to him whether or not to continue with the party. His house is guarded by police , he says .
Ai Weiwei says he had planned a party to `` observe '' a government order to raze his studio . The artist said the demolition was carried out by police on Friday and that it would be up to him whether or not to continue with the party. His house is guarded by police , he says .