Bi Feiyu has joined the ever-growing list of authors, artists, musicians and academics denied entry into Britain for short-term professional visits either by outright refusal or – in his case – by bureaucratic delays in the processing of visa applications under Byzantine new rules. ...Bi was due in London last week to discuss his work and promote the English translation of 《玉米》- Three Sisters (trans. Howard Goldblatt, pub. Telegram Books, 2010).