Tag: Mo yan

Ai Weiwei & Mo Yan on Publicity and Responsibility

In an interview and a recent speech, respectively, artist Ai Weiwei and Nobel-winning author Mo Yan expressed sharply different attitudes towards public exposure and social and political responsibility. From Bernhard Zand, talking to Ai Weiwei for Spiegel Online: SPIEGEL: How have you been lately? Ai: In general I am fine; my situation is as good as anybody else’s. It is still difficult but

May 10, 2013 1:35 PM

10 Coolest Novels about Modern China

Peter from China Whisper recommends 10 novels that have shaped popular culture in modern China. From Weijing Zhu at the W

May 3, 2013 9:26 PM

Nobel Laureate Mo Yan: “I Am Guilty”

In his first interview since receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in December, Mo Yan talks to Der Spiegel’s Be

February 27, 2013 8:19 PM

“Intellectuals Haven’t Taken Enough Responsibility”

Ian Buruma recently wrote that demanding outspoken political protest from Nobel-winning writer Mo Yan is like “tryi

February 6, 2013 10:34 PM

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