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 Read Quote
I believe that the Tibetans should have the right to control their own destinies and decide for themselves whether they want to be part of China or not. But this view isn’t shared by most Chinese, or even the leaders of most Western democracies. As long as the Communist Party is in power, there is little hope for Tibet. Ma Jian Read Quote
In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence. Ma Jian Read Quote
I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually. Ma Jian Read Quote
On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost. Ma Jian Read Quote
