The Lingering Ghosts of the Cultural Revolution
As China marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Cultural Revolution, many writers and...
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Novelists Throw Spotlight on China’s Past and Present
At The Telegraph, Tom Phillip’s takes a look at novelist Yan Lianke’s most recent...
Yan Lianke: Finding Light in China’s Darkness
Writer Yan Lianke was just awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in the Czech Republic. At the awards...
“Intellectuals Haven’t Taken Enough Responsibility”
Ian Buruma recently wrote that demanding outspoken political protest from Nobel-winning writer Mo Yan is like “trying to pluck feathers from a frog.” Author Yan Lianke, though, argues that Chinese...
Yan Lianke Appeals to Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao over Beijing Evictions
When writer Yan Lianke was evicted from his recently-purchased home in Beijing, he wrote an appeal to President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. Index on Censorship translated and published it: Three years ago, I bought a...
A Pen For The People – Mary-Anne Toy
Yan Lianke, one of China’s most distinguished writers, lives in Henan. This profile is from today’s Australian: Yan, 49, has won China’s top two literary honours – the Lu Xun award in 1997 and 2001, and the Lao She in 2004. He has published numerous novels and short story collections and three of his books, […]
Persistent Censorship In China Produces Art of Compromise – Edward Cody
The Washington Post writes about author Yan Lianke and the art of literary censorship in China: China has come a long way from the days of Mao Zedong, when singing the praises of socialism was virtually the only form of art allowed by the party. But the principle has remained the same. The party still […]
Censor sees through writer’s guile in tale of China’s blood-selling scandal – Jonathan Watts
From the Guardian: Millions of pints of blood are pumped through underground pipelines from a big developing country to wealthy consumers in the United States and elsewhere. The blood trade has produced the most spectacular boom in human history. In just five years, the formerly dirt-poor state at the heart of the haemo-business has become […]
Recent developments for the Chinese media
Courtesy of Asia Media, several new stories that highlight the challenges and opportunities facing the Chinese media: The Taipei Times covers two widely-reported instances of government censorship: the crackdown on university...
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