君子不器
BEIJING — China’s most famous political prisoner, Liu Xiaobo, received a quiet cremation under official watch early on Saturday, when the government allowed only his widow and a few other mourners to bid farewell to the man who was also the country’s only Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Later in the day, Mr. Liu’s ashes were…
Servant of the State – The New Yorker On the afternoon of October 18, 2009, the writer Wang Meng addressed a full house at the Frankfurt International Book Fair. It was the fair’s last day, and China, the festival’s guest of honor that year, had worked hard to demonstrate its cultural appeal. The secretary-designate of…