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I'm currently reading Richard Burger's book Behind the Red Door: Sex in China. It is a very interesting look at a subject that is rarely discussed with expats (or anyone else).
Tag Archives: Liu Xiaobo
Citizen Power for China: Statement on China’s Further Persecution of Liu Xiaobo’s Extended Family
Citizen Power for China (also known as Initiatives for China) is shocked to learn that the Chinese regime has handed down a severe sentence of 11 years to Mr. Liu Hui, a brother-in-law of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, … Continue reading
One Step Further in China’s Persecution of Dissidents’ Family Members
Intimidating, sabotaging the life of, dissidents’ family members is nothing new in China. It has been a time-honored practice of the Chinese government to suppress dissent. After all, Liu Xia has been under house arrest in Beijing for two-and-a-half years … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Rule of Law
Tagged activists, Charter 08, dissidents, Li Huaping, Liu Hui, Liu Shasha, Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, Mo Shaoping, Wang Cheng, Yang Kuang
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Mo Yan, According to You — Part Two
In the first part of this long post, I took a closer look at Mo Ya’s political choices and explained why many Chinese find him objectionable as a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. At the end, I asked … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Culture & Language, Current Events
Tagged China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chinese Writers' Association, CWA, Deng Xiaoping, hallucinatory realism, land reform, Li Changchun, Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out, Liu Xiaobo, Mo Yan, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize for Literature, Red Sorghum, Zhang Yimou
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Seeing Red in China 