Tag Archives: Han Han

Han Han the novelist versus Fang Zhouzi the fraud-buster

It’s been an exciting two weeks on China’s microblog scene. Megablogger, rally racer, and novelist Han Han has been defending himself against science writer Fang Zhouzi’s charges that he didn’t write some of his most famous work. Han Han (韩寒) … Continue reading

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The global thinker state media isn’t eager to recognize

Xinhua News Agency is happy that Chinese thinkers have made the Foreign Policy magazine, especially People’s Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan (周小川) and post-80s writer representative Han Han (韩寒). However, in a post deleted from Xinhua and People’s Net, the cover also showed another figure, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Liu Xiaobo. The post is now gone from websites.

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Han Han on Liu Xiaobo and the Nobel Peace Prize

Toeing the line (Han Han’s blog) Han Han, China’s bad boy novelist, editor, blogger and race car driver recently posted his thoughts on Liu Xiaobo and the Nobel Peace Prize. With utmost care, Han Han crafted his post so as … Continue reading

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Han Han on the Diaoyu Islands incident

China’s balls? (Wikipedia) Han Han, China’s bad boy novelist, editor, blogger and race car driver recently posted his thoughts on the unfolding Diaoyu Islands spat between China and Japan. Protect illegal characters by Han Han/ translated by Julian Smisek A … Continue reading

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Han Han on Google leaving China – deleted post

Young adult fiction author, blogger, race car driver and current flavor of the month for American journalists and bloggers who cover China recently posted a rather acerbic post that included a section on Google leaving China.

The post was deleted from his Sina blog, but copied on to another Sina blog which is still available in Google’s cache.

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70 kph, indifference, and the rule of law

He Dong responds to the Hangzhou 70kph case, in which a driver who struck and killed a college student was said by police to have been travelling far slower than many people believed.

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Han Han seizes blogging crown from Xu Jinglei

Han Han passes Xu Jinglei in the click wars. But what are all those unfamiliar names doing in the expanded top-ten list?

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A vice-chairman’s bad, bad poem

Oriental Guardian (东方卫报): A poem written by the vice chairman of the Shangdong Writer’s Association named Wang Zhaoshan recently caused controversy.

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Now is not the time for patriotic demonstrations

Han Han discourages his readers from extreme displays of patriotism.

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Rich authors complain about rankings

After the disclosure of the richest authors in China, Zheng Yuanjie (郑渊洁) complains about publishers hiding true print numbers.

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