According to Ai Weiwei's Twitter feed, Sina's Art and Finance section recently put up a vote for Most Powerful Contemporary Artists of the Year. By far the most high-profile artist in the country, Ai Weiwei unsurprisingly sprung to the top of the list (as seen above, where Ai Weiwei is second from the left on the bottom row.) The voting option was quickly taken down by Sina and Ai Weiwei removed from the list, seen in its present form here.

Considering how controversial he is, the whole thing isn't entirely surprising. But Sina really should have seen this one coming before allowing themselves to be caught doctoring a public vote. Ai Weiwei's got an army of devoted online followers who can and do often dominate Chinese contemporary art discussion.