Chinese Crackdown on Domestic Critics Extends to Writer
In the latest sign of China’s continuing crackdown on domestic critics, a prominent Chinese writer has been barred from leaving China to attend a literary festival next week in… More
Author blocked from leaving China to attend Australian festiv
A leading Chinese dissident author whose plight was highlighted by Salman Rushdie in a recent attack on the Chinese government has been barred from traveling abroad to an international… More
Banned Chinese writer barred from overseas travel
The dissident writer who was to talk about China's powerless and voiceless at the Sydney Writers' Festival in Australia next week won't be there. "I can only stay at… More
China bars Liao Yiwu from attending Sydney Writers’ festival
Outspoken Chinese author and poet Liao Yiwu has been denied permission to leave China to attend the Sydney Writers' festival, the event has announced. One of China's most censored… More
Banned Chinese Author Publishing Book in U.S.
Chinese dissident Liao Yiwu has found a publisher for his latest book. Harper Collins just announced it will publish God is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived… More
China hits back at Salman Rushdie
China has hit back at the novelist Salman Rushdie after he argued that China had become "the world's biggest threat to freedom of speech" in an article published earlier… More
U.S., China to hold human rights talks
China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department announced Friday, amid a Chinese crackdown on government critics that the U.S.… More
Mightier Than the Sword
Liao Yiwu hasn't been arrested—yet. But the Chinese writer and musician, who served prison time in the 1990s for his work, is currently facing a variety of Chinese censorship… More
Protest as China bars writer’s travel
Authors led by Salman Rushdie issued a protest Friday after outspoken Chinese writer Liao Yiwu said Beijing refused him permission to travel to New York for a literary festival. More
Liao Yiwu: Grounded in China
The last time we checked in on the great Chinese writer, oral historian, and folk musician, Liao Yiwu (author of The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the… More
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