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# Ai Weiwei's Cousin & Driver Zhang Jinsong Released on Bail
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/zhang-jinsong-released-bail/
- Published: 2011-06-23T12:47:25.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:40:57.000Z
- Description: Around 5 hours ago, the news broke that Ai Weiwei's cousin and driver Zhang Jingson was to be released on bail, as the artist was yesterday. Zhang is now home and has lost 19 kg; Ai associate Duyan Pili notes that he'll have to lose his nickname of “Little Fatty.”
- Author: Kyle Chayka
- Tags: News, #image-position-hidden, Ai Weiwei, China, Liu Zhenggang, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2011/06/ai-associated-600.jpg)

Clockwise from top left: Liu Zhengang, Hu Mingfen, Wen Tao, Zhang Jinsgong (image via flickr.com/46231077@N06)

Around 5 hours ago, the news broke that Ai Weiwei’s cousin and driver Zhang Jingsong was to be released on bail, as the artist was yesterday. Zhang is now home and has lost 19 kg; Ai associate Duyan Pili notes that he’ll have to lose his nickname of “Little Fatty.”

Zhang was detained for over 75 days. There is still no word from Ai Weiwei’s other friends and employees still detained, reporter Wen Tao, architect Liu Zhenggang and accountant Hu Mingfen. See [our post](https://hyperallergic.com/who-are-ai-weiweis-4-associates-still-in-jail/) from this morning for more details.

Time journalist [**Austin Ramzy**](http://twitter.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com#!/austinramzy) translated Duyan Pili’s Tweet:

http://twitter.com/#!/austinramzy/status/83856536937562112

**We’ll update this post as the news develops.**