Ma Jian
Ma Jian
Ma Jianis a Chinese writer...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 August 1953
CountryChina
beijing government kong publish works
I left Beijing in the late 1980s to live in Hong Kong because, having been blacklisted by the government, I couldn't publish my works on the mainland.
china chinese communist people won
On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.
writing self expression
To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.
self-worth body individual
Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyones individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
travel waiting inspiring-travel
Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will belies waiting on the road ahead.
mind want flesh
Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
writing important able
It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress.
persistence squares two
In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.
responsibility writing self
China is completely lacking in self-awareness and as someone who has stepped outside that society, I have a responsibility to write about it as I see it.
world olympics confirmation
The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.
dust opening-up people
Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.
years beijing coma
Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.
achieve gives obvious route shows success turns twists
'Three Kingdoms' gives you a panoply of different routes; everyone can find their own path. It shows that sometimes the route to fulfilment or success is not the obvious one. You must take twists and turns to achieve a goal.
believe china communist decide destinies hope leaders party power shared themselves view western whether
I believe that the Tibetans should have the right to control their own destinies and decide for themselves whether they want to be part of China or not. But this view isn't shared by most Chinese, or even the leaders of most Western democracies. As long as the Communist Party is in power, there is little hope for Tibet.