An Exiled Chinese Novelist Rips Apart Xi Jinping and His ‘China Dream’

Ma Jian, the exiled Chinese novelist, knows better than most the desire for freedom in a country where democracy is a dream and censorship is the norm. His debut, the 1987 short-story collection Stick Out Your Tongue, highlighted the brutal Chinese occupation of Tibet. The government condemned the book as "spiritual pollution" and permanently banned Ma's books from the country.

Ma Jian, the exiled Chinese novelist, knows better than most the desire for freedom in a country where democracy is a dream and censorship is the norm. His debut, the 1987 short-story collection Stick Out Your Tongue, highlighted the brutal Chinese occupation of Tibet. The government condemned the book as "spiritual pollution" and permanently banned Ma's books from the country.