The popular Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei has likened pro-Palestinian censorship in the West to political suppression during the Mao Zedong era, in a new interview with broadcaster Sky News on Sunday. Ai, known for being outspoken in support of the Palestinian cause, said that political censorship in the West is “exactly the same” as that in China under Chairman Mao – when he was exiled alongside his family during the 1950s and 1960s. The artist’s comments came in response to a question in the Sky News interview on the cancellation of his exhibition in London in November aft…