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Ai, activist Asians on Time’s “most influential”

Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the activist mayor of a tsunami-hit Japanese town, and South Korean singer Rain were listed among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people Friday.
Campaigners made a strong showing among the 17 Asians on the global list, which the magazine said was themed around social media and activism.
But topping a separate reader poll was South Korean pop star Rain, as Time’s online readers cast aside moguls and heads
of state for the third year running in favour of the heartthrob and singer of “Hip Song”.
“That’s pretty impressive online power for a guy whose main claim to Western fame is a role in the 2009 film Ninja Assassin,” the magazine commented.
Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, detained in Beijing since April 3 on suspicion of “economic crimes” and whose whereabouts are unknown, appears in an entry unlikely to please the Chinese government.
Former US ambassador to China and longtime Ai supporter John Huntsman wrote in the magazine: “Ai Weiwei is the kind of visionary any nation should be proud to count among its creative class.”
China’s rising influence is also reflected in the listing of Charles Chao, founder of the web giant Sina-Weibo, journalist Hu Shuli, who started Caijing magazine, and media personality Hung Huang.
The country’s vice president and leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping also makes the list – but with a caveat.
“For the past 40 years, as the strength of the Chinese nation has risen, the power of its top leader has declined,” warned veteran journalist Fareed Zakaria in a commentary.

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