It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress.

The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life

To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.

Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.