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China Writers’ Association: what good is it? – Joel Martinsen

Xiao Qiang — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:23:16 +0000

From Danwei blog:

Tie Ning became president of the China Writers’ Association as the seventh congress of the organization met in Beijing earlier this week. The buzz in most papers was that this election is a promising step toward improving and revitalizing China’s literary sector. Can installing a new president in the CWA actually accomplish that goal?
What is it that the Association does, exactly? CWA, which was formally established in 1953 out of an earlier writers’ association formed in 1947, publishes the journal Writers’ Digest, and several years ago it took over publishing authority for several journals (mostly in literary fields, but it also puts out Global Entrepreneur). It also runs a press (Writers’ Publishing House), operates several institutes (including the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature and the Lu Xun Literature Institute), and awards a few major literary prizes. [Full Text]

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As The Only Candidate, Tie Ning Becomes The First Female Head of Writers

Mo Ming — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:39:54 +0000

Tie Ning (ÈìÅÂáù), the Chinese female writer who recently became the Chairman of the China Association of Writers, got the least votes in the committee member election. Despite this, she was named as the chairman directly by the Communist Party because she is the only writer who is also an alternative member of the Party’s central committee, said Ya Zhou Zhou Kan, a Hong Kong magazine.

199 committee members were elected by 953 representatives at the seventh national meeting of writers. Tie Ning won about 790 votes, the lowest among the elected committee members. All the other new members won more than 800 votes. But in the chairman election, Tie was the only candidate. She got about 160 votes.

The Chairman of the China Association of Writers is a very honorable position. Only two respectable Chinese writers, Mao Dun and Ba Jin, once held it. Tie is the third and is the first female chairman.

-Read Ya Zhou Zhou Kan (Chinese) for more
-Also read sohoxiaobao blog

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Writer Tie Ning becomes first female chairman of China Writer’s Association – David Bandurski

Sophia Cao — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:56:49 +0000

From China Media Project:

Chinese writer Tie Ning (ÈìÅÂáù) was appointed chairman yesterday of the China Writer’s Association (CWA), an official organization that nominally represents the interests of professional writers but which some have said serves as a tool of ideological control. Following in the footsteps of writers Mao Dun and Ba Jin, Tie Ning is the first female chairman of the organization, a post that has been empty since Ba Jin’s death just over one year ago. She is also the first chairman under the age of 50….[Full Text]

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