Living In London Is Like

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.

I Believe That The Power Of Literature Is Stronger Than The Power Of Tyranny.

I Wanted To Analyse And Understand How The Chinese People Could Have Their Lives So Crushed By Fear.

Beijing Coma Took Me 10 Years To Finish.

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.