The Censors are busy with the sticky tape in Beijing…

Posted: February 21st, 2023 | No Comments »

A reder popped into the Foreign Languages Bookstore on Wanfujing in Beijing the other and bought a copy of my book Midnight in Peking, in English….They were surprised to find the censor elfs had been at work with the sticky tape and scissors… This appears to be new as the book has been on sale in China for nearly a decade (and is in Chinese translation), but obviously someone has issued an order!

the taped over lines….the only two references to Mao and Maoism in the book

“….finally as a people’s republic with a dictator.”
“…the drawing tight of the bamboo curtain under Mao.”

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