Yiyun Li

Articles by Yiyun Li

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My afternoons with Montaigne

  • 29 December 2010

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.

Tiananmen Square

  • 12 March 2009

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

Party lines

  • 31 July 2008

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

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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