【新唐人2011年11月5日讯】最近，在推特上兴起了一股旋风。那就是借钱给艾未未，去支付北京当局开出的1522万元人民币的补税和罚款。目前实际汇款人数已知将近四千人，借款总额约95万元人民币。
“借”钱给艾未未旋风，正在网路上蔓延。4号起，网友们在Twitter上争相发推，要做艾未未的“债主”。
据了解，网友不断把钱送到草场地258号，支付宝卡已有上千笔钱汇入，咨询如何汇款的电话络绎不绝。
由于北京当局让地税局给艾未未开出天价罚款，并要求15天之内必需支付。4号，艾未未的母亲高瑛向《新唐人》表示，她想把目前住的四合院作抵押，提供约 845万元人民币，作为申请行政复议的担保。
艾未未母亲高瑛：“是啊，给的时间太短了，我要卖房子都来不及啊现在。作抵押，现在律师就在我这里呢，在商量怎么来作。这个时（间）就来不及，因为以前我没有把产权证办下来。就说好像先要拿出7-8百万吧，大概是这样。但是我们在努力做，我们要做好几种准备。我觉得现在他们（当局）是在找碴呢，就是在逼你（艾未未）呢，让你没有路走。”
高瑛的语气透露出些许焦虑。另一方面，网友“借”钱给艾未未旋风，又让近80岁的老母亲坚信，艾未未一定能顺利走过。
艾未未母亲高瑛：“这个事，我相信，这么多的人支持艾未未啊！难不住，都会帮他。”
有网友把这事当成一门行为艺术，或者当成是维权抗争、政治娱乐化。
网友说，“一块钱可以成为名人的债主，亲！都来参加吧！一辈子就这一回哦！”“拉着裆一起搞这么大的行为艺术，婶好厉害啊。这么大规模的展览，婶要收门票吗？”“这是真的。绑票赎金。”“真理和普世价值一定会最终胜利！”
维权人士屠夫：“这个事情，启发很多公民权利意识是非常强的。很多像我们冲在一线的人，不断用这种东西告诉大家，我们需要支持。出事，我们不能老是一直围观嘛，这也是参与的一种方式。他（艾未未）被这样莫须有罪名的迫害，那他现在遇到困难，我们当然有义务选择跟他站在一起，跟他们（北京当局）对抗。”
还有青年学子发贴说得好窝心，要吃一个月的方便面，把钱省下来“借”给艾婶。更有网友问，罚款是否可以用现金支付？要借200个5毛硬币给艾未未。还说，“如果大家都这样，税务局开十几卡车回去，打赏门口黑压压的一群五毛，那得多壮观？”
新唐人记者林莉、梁欣、萧宇采访报导。
Netizens Help Ai Weiwei Pay Whopping Tax Bill
Recently, a tidal wave of ‘loans’ has come in, as a result of a Twitter post, asking people to lend money to Ai Weiwei to help him pay RMB 15.22 million (US$2.36 million) in so-called back taxes and fines levied by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities in Beijing. Nearly 4,000 people have remitted money to Ai Weiwei, so far, amounting to about RMB 950,000 (US$150,000).
An online tidal wave of support is coming in from every corner of the globe in an effort to help Ai Weiwei. Since November 4, many netizens posted notes on Twitter saying that they wanted to be ‘creditors’ of Ai Weiwei.
Sources said that netizens sent their money to Caochangdi Village, No.258, Ai’s residential address. Thousands of money transfers have been made via Alipay, an online payment platform. People from everywhere are calling up to find out how to send money to Ai.
The CCP’s Beijing Local Taxation Bureau sent Ai Weiwei a tax bill of RMB 15.22 million (US$2.36 million), requiring him to make his payment within 15 days. On November 4, Ai Weiwei’s mother, Gao Ying, told NTD TV that she was going to put her RMB 8.45 million (US$1.33 million) home up as collateral in order to apply for ‘administrative reconsideration’.
Gao Ying, mother of Ai Weiwei: “Yes, the time frame is so short. It’s too late to even sell my home now, to use the money as collateral. Now the lawyer is here with me and we are discussing the situation. It’s too late now, as I’ve never bothered to obtain a House Ownership Certificate, in the past. At first, they seemed to be saying that we needed to pay RMB 7-8 million (US$1.10 million to US$ 1.26 million). We are trying our best to do that now, but we have to make several provisions. I believe that the authorities are just looking to stir up trouble. They are pressing Ai Weiwei in order to force him into a corner.”
Gao Ying sounds a bit anxious. On the other hand, a tidal wave of financial support from netizens makes Ai Weiwei’s nearly 80-year-old mother believe that her son will certainly get through these difficult times.
Gao Ying, mother of Ai Weiwei: “So many people are supporting him, thus, this difficulty cannot beat him. He’ll get support from the people.”
A netizen treated this issue as ‘behavior art’, and a ‘struggle to defend human rights’, and ‘political entertainment’.
Another netizen posted: “One RMB (US$ 0.16) can make you a celebrity’s creditor, so come and join us! You only get one chance to do this in a lifetime!” Other netizens commented: “Accompanied by the crotch (sounds same as CCP in Chinese) to do such big a behavior art, the aunt is really something. ”; “Such a large-scale exhibition, does the aunt collect tickets?”; “This is true. The kidnap ransom." and “Truth and universal values will definitely win out in the end!"
Tu Fu, an activist: “This issue has inspired a lot of people to pay attention to civil rights. Many people, like us, rushed to the front lines to tell civilians about similar issues and to let them know that we need their support. When something happens, we cannot always be onlookers. It’s actually an opportunity for us to participate in person. He (Ai Weiwei) is being persecuted on a fabricated charge. Now that he is encountering difficulties, we certainly have an obligation to stand by him, resisting the Beijing authorities.”
A young student posted a note online saying that he would be willing to eat instant noodles for a month, in order to save money to “lend” to Ai’s mother. One netizen asked if the fines could be paid in cash. If so, he would lend Ai 200, 50-cent coins. “If everyone lent 50-cent coins, the CCP’s Inland Revenue Dept. would need over a dozen trucks to haul the coins to bestow on a dense crowd of the 50 Cent Party at their gate. What a grand sight!”
NTD reporters Lin Li, Liang Xin and Xiao Yu
