Tuesday, September 27, 2011

News at Eleven: "[Liao] was actually taken by the police

in the middle of our phone conversation," said moderator Rowena X. He of the department of East Asian Studies, describing communications with the poet earlier this year that culminated in yesterday's dialogue. "He was told that there was no way he would be able to speak at Harvard."

Liao [Yiwu] made his precipitous escape to the West within the last few months and began a tour promoting his book "God is Red," which tells the stories of persecuted Chinese Christians.

from The Harvard Crimson: Chinese Poet Liao Yiwu Shares Experience as Captive
then Chicago Sun-Times: Liao Yiwu writes about what China doesn't want you to hear

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