Ai Weiwei has paid a bond of 8.45 m yuan (£ 820,000), paving the way for what he feared possible appeals in vain ended up on charges of tax evasion.
Supporters of dissident artists, the 81-day secret detention earlier this year sparked international protest, saying the tax case is part of Beijing's efforts to suppress the Chinese most celebrated social criticism.
Ai, 54, paid the bond, and everything was made by his supporters, to your bank account tax Bureau on Tuesday to cover up what the Government says he owes in back taxes and late payments. Does not include a fine of about 6.6 m yuan.
But the artist said he was pessimistic about the successful challenging allegations of tax evasion, and a combined 15 m Yuan bills. "The whole procedure, until today, each step has been illegal and unreasonable," he said shortly after paying a bond. "There is an explanation, making it very difficult for us to expect that we appeal to the administrative review will have the answer that makes sense.
"Even if I've paid the money, they can even stop the appeal process for administrative review. Even if I already applied for administrative review, they can ignore me, "said Ai. "So we port without hope. The only thing we can do now is to bring this out into the open, so that the public can see. "