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Ma Jian: A Son of Cultural Revolution

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Fifty years ago this month, Mao Zedong launched China’s Cultural Revolution – a decade of chaos, persecution, and violence, carried out in the name of ideology and in the interest of expanding Mao’s personal power. Yet, instead of reflecting on that episode’s destructive legacy, the Chinese government is limiting all discussion of it, and Chinese citizens, focused on the wealth brought by three decades of market-oriented reforms, have been content to go along. But at a time when President Xi Jinping is carrying out ruthless purges and creating his own cult of personality, burying the past is not cost-free. Continue reading →

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Ma Jian: The howls of China’s prisoners will haunt this royal welcome for Xi Jinping

Posted on 10/19/2015 by | Ma Jian: The howls of China’s prisoners will haunt this royal welcome for Xi Jinping已关闭评论

The Chinese president’s state visit coincides with the biggest crackdown on his country’s civil society in years. This fawning insults the people of both countries
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Chinese flags fly side by side with union flags on the Mall ahead of Xi Jinping’s state visit. Photograph: Lauren Hurley/PA

Eighteen years ago, I stood at dawn in the driving rain and watched with dread as the tanks and trucks of China’s People’s Liberation Army rolled into Hong Kong, reclaiming sovereignty over the British colony. It was clear at once that Hong Kong’s fledgling democracy was doomed. To escape Big Brother’s gaze and retain the freedom to think and write, I moved to London. Continue reading →

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Ma Lan:They knocked my teeth out.

Posted on 02/11/2015 by | Ma Lan:They knocked my teeth out.已关闭评论

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Two Poems by Ma Lan translated from Chinese by Charles A. Laughlin.

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Writing a Love Poem for a Tooth

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Ma Jian: Tiananmen Square 25 years on: ‘Every person in the crowd was a victim of the massacre’

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In June 1989, the novelist Ma Jian was among the million freedom protesters who gathered in Tiananmen Square. The brutal response shocked the world and crushed the Democracy Movement. But, he says, its spirit and aspirations live on
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ICPC’s Road of A Decade: Harmony Within Differences

Posted on 07/25/2011 by | 46 comments

By Ma Jian

This year, Independent Chinese PEN Centre is 10 years old. It has developed from 30+ members to nearly 300, from a baby starting its steps to the one going to the world, having experienced all the ups and downs of growth. Today, I will only talk about my personal experience at ICPC Board as I may be the only founding member there. Continue reading →

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