A Chinese artist who is considered a dissident by the government has been ordered by that country's authorities to pay over two million dollars in back taxes through a China payment gateway because he made significant money from a company he worked for and didn't pay his taxes on time. People familiar with the case have suggested that the effort to collect so much money is simply a way for the government to punish the artist for engaging in habits that the government doesn't think is in line with the communist way of life and doing business.

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