Chinese artist Ai Weiwei fears Hong Kong unrest could end up as a bloodbath like the 1989 Tian'anmen Square crackdown
Watching the Hong Kong protests from afar, the 61-year-old said in his Berlin studio: 'I don't think any prediction is too big.''In 1989, the whole world was watching and the tanks crushed the students, ... a peaceful demonstration.'
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