環球時報
State media started describing Ai as a "deviant and a plagiarist" in early 2011. A Chinese Communist Party tabloid "Global Times" editorial on 6 April 2011 attacked Ai, and two days later, the journal scorned Western media for questioning Ai's charge as a "catch-all crime", and denounced the use of his political activism as a "legal shield" against everyday crimes. Frank Ching expressed in the "South China Morning Post" that how the "Global Times" could radically shift its position from one day to the next was reminiscent of "Alice in Wonderland".