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Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

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Clarissa, originally from London, has lived in China since 2009 during which time she has interviewed everyone from designer Tom Ford to author Amitav Ghosh. As a freelancer she has written on topics ranging from Will and Kate’s royal wedding to the plight of millions of Chinese migrant workers for publications including The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman, Prospect and The Los Angeles Times, among others.

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Is Censorship Castrating China's Best Writers?

1 Comments | Posted 18 April 2012 | (17:29)

Beijing-based Tibetan poet Tsering Woeser believes China's writers are "castrated". Censorship and state crackdowns, Woeser suggests, is turning Chinese literature into a retinue of eunuchs - men whose "three treasures" were amputated to reduce their political bite in the imperial court. 

This week, Chinese literature has hit the headlines. The...

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