Tag Archives: Chinese government oppression

There’s that line between “activist” and “aritst”?

Quite by accident it would appear that two major strands of this blog have intersected: 8 days ago Ai Weiwei was on his way to attend the Liu Xiaobo Nobel Awards ceremony when he was detained at the Beijing airport. … Continue reading

Posted in Ai Weiwei, avant-garde, Liu Xiaobo, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Nobel Prize

Blog composed 11.13.10. 1 To set the record straight: The New York Times, on November 11, runs an editorial by KISHORE MAHBUBANI on Liu Xiaobo that voices succinctly and cogently another opinion.  This reaffirms (in my mind at least) the function … Continue reading

Posted in Art-Poetry Intersection, Liu Xiaobo, Uncategorized, Yan Li | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

looking at Nobel in context

The reporting on the Liu Xiaobo story has seemed to me a strange rehash of old issues.  This is certainly true of authors in Western media, who are either ignorant or just dismissive of all that’s taken place in China … Continue reading

Posted in Liu Xiaobo, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment