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Ai Weiwei, an artist whose work has frequently touched on the dangers and risks facing people fleeing war zones, says the way Western Europeans are opening their door to Ukrainian refugees – contrasted with the closed borders for African and Middle Eastern refugees in 2015 – leaves them open to charges of “hypocrisy.” “What I have seen is very typical hypocrisy existing in the modern world,” said Ai, speaking ahead of the opening of a new show in Vienna. “‘Hypocritical’ is a very soft word about how Europeans act. – I’m just trying to be very polite about it. “We no longer have a clear moral o…