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1. News - China

   Mo Yan’s Nobel lecture derided by dissidents

   Posted Dec 08th 2012, 07:48pm by Agence France-Presse

   ... is the first time that a non-dissident Chinese has won a Nobel prize, so it is not Mo Yan’s fault that the state media is praising him,” a Beijing intellectual, who only wanted to be identified by her ... new --> thung01 Dec 9th 2012 8:31am Dissidents were not the only ones who derided this vacuous speech. Mo Yan's Nobel Lecture was basically about two things (apart from the usual platitudes): (i) reminiscences of his mother and his childhood, (ii) he is a 'story-teller', he loves to tell stories. It might have made a charming speech at a high school or even university ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1100781/mo-yans-nobel-lecture-derided-dissidents
2. News - China

   China Digest, October 31, 2012

   Posted Oct 31st 2012, 12:00am by MANDY ZUO

   ... on the mainland. SHANDONG Author's home inundated The former residence of Mo Yan , China's first Nobel laureate in literature, in Gaomi has become a popular tourist destination since he was given ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1073506/china-digest-october-31-2012
3. Comment - Blogs

   Mo Yan: how the world has reacted to the honour

   Posted Oct 12th 2012, 01:28pm by John Kennedy

   ... on Chinese Nobel winner Mo Yan" Video by Hedy Bok Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize for Literature Dissident slams award of Nobel prize to Mo Yan ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1059490/mo-yan-how-world-has-reacted-honour
4. News - China - NOBEL PRIZES

   Mo Yan: chronicler of a turbulent Chinese century

   Posted Oct 11th 2012, 07:58pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... News China Mo Yan Agence France-Presse in Beijing Mo Yan has focused an unflinching eye on what he calls the darkness and ugliness of 20th-century Chinese society in a prolific writing career that on Thursday landed him the 2012 Nobel prize for literature. Mo Yan, one of China’s leading writers of the past half-century, became the first Chinese national and just the second ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1058824/mo-yan-chronicler-turbulent-chinese-century
5. News - China - NOBEL PRIZE

   Media frenzy as Chinese author tipped for Nobel

   Posted Oct 09th 2012, 09:46pm by Raymond Li

   ... News China Mo Yan Raymond Li Critically acclaimed for his work and faulted for his tolerance of government censors, Chinese author Mo Yan has suddenly found himself at the centre of a media frenzy over his prospects of winning the Nobel Prize. The mainland media has gone into overdrive touting the possibly that Mo Yan could become the first Chinese national to win ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1057245/media-frenzy-chinese-author-touted-nobel
6. News - China

   Mo Yan's hometown, Gaomi, plans to cash in on writer's Nobel Prize

   Posted Oct 19th 2012, 12:00am by Raymond Li

   ... News China Mo Yan Nobel Prize Raymond Li raymond.li@scmp.com Gaomi plans to spend 670m yuan on themed attractions celebrating writer's Nobel Prize, even though he may not be totally in favour Count authorities in Mo Yan's hometown Gaomi among those looking to cash in on the writer's sudden fame since winning the Nobel Prize for literature last week. Officials ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1064403/mo-yans-hometown-gaomi-plans-cash-writers-nobel-prize
7. Comment - Blogs

   Mo Yan the censorship fighter

   Posted Oct 15th 2012, 08:13am by John Kennedy

   ... something about Mo Yan's sense of morality. In two words: kindness and sincerity. And not just for himself. Before the ban on Jia Zhangke's films had been lifted, Mo spoke out personally ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1061465/mo-yan-censorship-fighter
8. Comment - Blogs

   A story of hallucinatory realism: new tool gives you an uncensored Weibo, just for a while

   Posted Oct 12th 2012, 04:56pm by Ivan Zhai

   ... According to today's SCMP report , Mo Yan was hailed by the academy for his "hallucinatory realism" which merged "folk tales, history and the contemporary". For me, the fate ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1059601/story-hallucinatory-realism-new-tool-gives-you-uncensored-weibo-just
9. Lifestyle - Books

   Way of the mystic

   Posted Oct 12th 2012, 02:32pm by Vivian Chen

   ... Lifestyle Books News China Mo Yan Nobel Prize Vivian Chen Mo Yan, beloved for his humanistic fiction, learned to appreciate the extraordinary in ordinary rural communities, writes Vivian Chen Republished from South China Morning Post, September 30, 2008 Presented with the richest prize for Chinese-language literature, mainland novelist Mo Yan jokes that he will probably spend ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/books/article/1059508/way-mystic
10. News - China

    China Nobel winner Mo Yan defies critics

    Posted Feb 28th 2013, 07:59pm by AFP

    ... officials.” Mo Yan hit out at exiled-Chinese dissident author Liao Yiwu, who called him a “state poet”. “I know (Liao) envies me for this award and I understand this. But his criticism ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1163504/china-nobel-winner-mo-yan-defies-critics

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