The “Stability Maintenance System” versus the Rule of Law
To maintain the privileges of vested interests, China has created a “stability maintenance system” that extends official control over society and represses civil rights. The main feature of this… More
Why Does the Communist Party Leadership Still “Sing Red” in 2012?
In 2008, after the Sichuan earthquake and the Beijing Olympics, Politburo Standing Committee propaganda chief Li Changchun, CCP Central Propaganda Department Director Liu Yunshan, and Beijing Municipal Party Committee… More
World Press Freedom Day: Authors Say Protests Help
Exiled Chinese author Yu Jie joined other writers including Salman Rushdie on the 20th observance of World Press Freedom Day in appealing to China to live up to its… More
The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today’s China
This report compiles the ongoing threats to individual writers and journalists and our assessment of the climate for freedom of expression in China. More
Salman Rushdie on Chinese Censorship
An interview with the award-winning author about freedom of expression, the People's Republic, and how literature can thrive under repressive governments. More
Letter to the Editor: Artistic freedom in China
Creativity is strength. Freeing China’s creative voices will enrich us all. More
PEN 2013: Not Writing from Exile
Shahrnush Parsipur’s writing career began in 1974 with the publication of her first novel, The Dog and the Long Winter. She's been in trouble with Iranian authorities ever since. More
PEN 2013: Critical Cold Wars
In this critical Cold War, the stakes are very, very high. A society that inhibits the free exchange of a plurality of opinions is a society doomed. More
Interview with PEN Turkey President Tarik Günersel
We spoke with PEN Turkey President Tarik Günersel on Freedom to Write Award winner Ayse Berktay and free expression in Turkey. More
South African Luminaries to Debate Literature and Free Expression
South Africa's premier writers convene in New York for a feisty debate on the future of literature and free expression in the Rainbow Nation. More
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