For 13th Time, Critic of China’s Government Is Barred From Leaving
BEIJING — Chinese security agents in Sichuan Province detained Liao Yiwu, a prominent author and critic of the government, as he prepared to fly Monday to a literary festival… More
Chinese poet Liao Yiwu blocked from going to German festival
Liao Yiwu, a 52-year-old writer who was jailed for four years after recording himself wailing and reading a poem about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, said he had already… More
Liao Yiwu’s Persistent Voice
The Chinese writer Liao Yiwu is a best-seller in Germany. So it’s absurd for the Chinese government to imagine it can prevent him from being heard there. But yesterday… More
The Public-Toilet Manager
Yes. I used to drive a human-waste truck. Nobody looked down on me because I was handling shit. My clients called me Master Zhou. More
Voices from the Bottom Rung of Society
Yes. I used to drive a human-waste truck. Nobody looked down on me because I was handling shit. My clients called me Master Zhou. More