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During their exile from Beijing, Ai Weiwei’s family was first sent to the northeastern province of Heilongjiang and subsequently to the northwestern autonomous region of Xinjiang. They remained in these remote locales until they were permitted to return to Beijing in 1976, following the conclusion of the Cultural Revolution.1