http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/yiyun_li en http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2010/12/internet-emails-minutes http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2010/12/internet-emails-minutes Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:54:49 GMT Yiyun Li When the novelist Yiyun Li rationed her use of the internet, she found herself ignoring too many emails, but mesmerised by another world that opened up.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/03/tiananmen-square-china-lei http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/03/tiananmen-square-china-lei Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:28:44 GMT Yiyun Li Many Chinese no longer wish to remember the day when Communist tanks burst in to Tiananmen Square and thousands of democracy campaigners were killed. But, says the award-winning novelist Yiyun Li, to ignore the events of 4 June is to turn away from the truths and lessons of history

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/07/writers-association-chinese http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/07/writers-association-chinese Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:07:34 GMT Yiyun Li The Chinese Writers' Association employs 5,196 of the country's most popular and influential authors. In return, it expects them to produce poems, novels - and state propaganda

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