Wu Ming-yi Protests Man Booker Nationality Listing
The Man Booker International Prize said on Friday that it had changed the nationality of Professor Wu Ming-yi, 46, one of 13 authors on the 2018 longlist, from “Taiwan” to “Taiwan, China” after it had received a complaint from the Chinese embassy in London.
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Man Booker Flipflops (kinda):
Man Booker prize reverses nationality decision on Taiwanese author
The literary prize announces that it will no longer list authors by nationality, but by country or territory, after drawing criticism when it bowed to pressure from China
Bruce Humes, April 5, 2018, 12:49a.m.
. . . while Royal Court Theatre learns to genuflect to the New Emperor here:
Royal Court dropped Tibet play after advice from British Council
Bruce Humes, April 5, 2018, 12:53a.m.
Recent Incidents Raise Film And Literature As Site Of Identity Contestation Between Taiwan And China
Bruce Humes, April 8, 2018, 12:18a.m.