Sampsonia Way shares a slideshow comprised of quotes, lyrics, and poetry from participants of this year’s City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s Exiled Voices of China event.
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For City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s upcoming Exiled Voices of China Tibet event, Sampsonia Way has curated standout pieces from our coverage of exiled and persecuted writers.
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This week: Mexican Senate passes a bill against impunity, an interview with novelist Ma Jian, and Iran intensifying censorship before presidential election.
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In this week’s Blind Chess Tienchi Martin-Liao talks about how China “maintains stability” by monitoring its citizens, including the essayist and blogger Ye Du.
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Independent Chinese PEN Center President Tienchi Martin-Liao reviews Dark Road, a new novel by Ma Jian about a couple’s unbalanced fight against China’s cold-blooded one-child policy that is made not to protect, but to destroy, lives.
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In this week’s “Blind Chess” column, Independent Chinese PEN Center president Tienchi Martin-Liao reflects on the ancient practices of “literary inquisition” and “kin liability” and how these practices are still relevant in China today.
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature.
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