I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will belies waiting on the road ahead.
The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life
I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.
The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.