17 Apr 2013

Somebody came by with a wheelchair but I said, I'm fine. I wanted to finish.

3:25AM
17 Apr 2013

"P*** off and go abroad" is an insult that writer Li Chengpeng faces every day. Many conservatives want the former soccer commentator to leave the country and don't shy away from telling him so on...

5:11AM
17 Apr 2013

Li Chengpeng has become a hero for Chinese liberals and a hate figure of leftists over his transformation from sports journalism to social commentary. His recipe for success has been taking the...

8:29AM
11 Apr 2013

"A game's result, everyone knows it already. Who is going to appear in the next season, we already know. Who is the enemy, we know that, too," says the writer who has seven million Weibo followers...

7:39AM
5 Mar 2013

Once a football commentator who drew a huge following in China as he rooted out corruption in the sport, Li Chengpeng is now one of the government's fiercest critics - and lives in fear for his...

4:17AM
28 Feb 2013

Once a football commentator who drew a huge following in China as he rooted out corruption in the sport, Li Chengpeng is now one of the government’s fiercest critics – and lives in fear for his...

2:49PM

Dozens of leftists scuffled with hundreds of supporters of writer and critic Li Chengpeng during a book signing in Shenzhen yesterday.

4:02AM

A prominent writer known to be a liberal social critic is considering legal action against two leftists who attacked him during a book signing in Beijin

9:48AM

Readers took to Sina Weibo, where Li has a huge following, and quickly dug up the names and other private details of the two men.

9:03AM

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