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Furore as Chinese Dissidents Address Book Fair Symposium (Updated)

News reports say that organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest such event in the world, have uninvited two prominent Chinese writers, Dai Qing and Bei Ling, from a symposium at the behest of the Chinese government. From Deutsche Welle: The symposium, entitled “China and the world – perception and reality,” was initially intended to clear up prejudices about the guest cou