Act of Contrition

Toy company chiefs say order was blocked by employee who misinterpreted rule on political neutrality, but deny they were influenced by China concerns Lego’s vice-chairman has called his company’s refusal to sell its bricks to Chinese artist and activist 艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi) an “internal mistake”. [Read more].

• Monica Tan, Lego: refusing to sell bricks to Chinese artist 艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi) was a mistake, The Guardian, April 28, 2016

艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi) at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia: “I have to make people understand we are not different, we are all created equal”. Photo: Tracey Nearmy/AAP.