Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth. Ma Jian awarebeginbody Change image and share on social
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. Ma Jian awarenesschinacompletely Change image and share on social
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. Ma Jian barcausechina Change image and share on social
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. Ma Jian 1980sbeijingblacklist Change image and share on social
