Free expression is an old but on-going idea, a concept that shifts with the times. That's one lesson of a story I noticed a couple of days ago about writing, reading and publishing in China.
As the story notes, publishing fiction can be a tricky business in China, a nation that has not embraced the Western idea of free expression. Due to official censorship, self-censorship and other factors, Western readers get a narrow slice of Chinese literature and much of that comes from Chinese writers based outside of China.
Technology is also a factor, the story notes, as more and more Chinese fiction is "published" online.
There's more about writing and censorship in China here.
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