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Liao Yiwu picks up Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

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       Liao Yiwu picked up the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade yesterday; I can't find the full speech (delivered in Chinese) online yet, but Focus does have (juicy) excerpts (in German).
       You can see why there's ... limited Chinese coverage of this major prize (i.e. complete silence): saying how much better things would be if Tibet were an independent nation and calling for the dissolution of both the state apparatus and the state itself just won't go over big there. Astonishingly and rather shockingly, English-language coverage has, so far, been feeble too -- despite this being a major prize, held at the conclusion of the Frankfurt Book Fair (when there are lots of bookish journalists still in the neighborhood). No doubt some will follow, but compared to the Mo Yan reporting frenzy .....
       At least Deutsche Well have a few articles, including: Chinese book prize winner hits out at East and West, summarizing the speech (and with a few choice quotes). See also Chronicler of downtrodden accepts book prize and a pre-prize (and pre-Mo's Nobel) Q & A, Liao Yiwu: 'Freedom is a long process'.
       Liao has also weighed in on Mo's Nobel: AFP reports on an interview with Der Spiegel in which Liao says he was shocked by the selection .....

       (In any case, I'd suggest this confirms my point about the Swedish Academy's Nobel announcement-timing, discussed here.)

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