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Ma Jian is a vocal critic of China's Communist government. His works explore themes and subjects that are taboo in China. He has continually called for greater freedom of expression and the release of jailed writers and other political prisoners.
Apr 26, 2019 · Ma Jian, whose works have been banned in his native China for the last 30 years, releases his new book, China Dream, in the U.S. on May 7.
- Amy Gunia
May 7, 2019 · Ma Jian (MJ): Flora is the only person who has translated my books into English. She came to interview me in Hong Kong on the eve of the Handover. Her Chinese was very good, so I gave her copies of my books and said, half-jokingly, that she could translate them into English if she liked.
- Words Without Borders
Nov 16, 2018 · Based on Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream” speech of 2013, which decreed that continuous communist rule would lead to “national rejuvenation” and increased economic prosperity, Ma’s novel ...
Dec 14, 2018 · HONG KONG — Ma Jian, an exiled Chinese novelist who lives in London, took the stage at a packed Hong Kong theater last month and asked the audience a question: Who among them had read “1984”?
Jan 31, 2021 · Ma Jian is an acclaimed, Chinese-born writer who lives in exile in London. His debut novella, Stick Out Your Tongue, published in 1987, led to the permanent ban on his books being published or sold in China.
Nov 9, 2013 · Now exiled to Britain, the author recalls causing trouble in China, living on Lamma and only being able to write honestly about his homeland because he no longer lives there. Reading Time:4 ...
