Like many writers, Mo Yan is not accustomed to public speaking, and he has seemed taken aback by the pressure on him to take a stand on issues such as speech and press freedoms. If this is a prize for ...

He also requested that Mo's books be removed from circulation. Wu based his grievances on the 2018 law that made insulting heroes and martyrs a crime punishable by up to three years in prison.

The nationalist blogger who attempted to sue Nobel-Prize winning author Mo Yan for 1.5 billion yuan for allegedly “defaming heroes and martyrs” in his fiction has had his lawsuit rejected by ...

Mo Yan, the winner of China’s first Nobel Prize ... one yuan for each Chinese person. He also requested that Mo’s books should be removed from circulation. Wu based his grievances on the ...