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Translation award vacant in Fifth Lu Xun Literary Prize

One laureate for poetry has a series of poems lauding women from Wuhan who light up the silver screen; the translation award is vacant this year.

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Now that’s how to print an apology

The Chongqing Times prints a front-page apology to the Chinese Writers’ Association, promising to do a better job in the future of following Marxist journalism theories and implementing the ideas of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

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A writers’ conference in the presidential suite

The West China City Daily (华西都市报) apologizes for reporting that the Chinese Writers’ Association stayed in the Presidential Suite and dined extravagantly for its annual meeting in Chongqing.

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Jin Yong joins the Chinese Writers’ Association

Other writers quit in protest. Zheng Jun explains why it’s pointless to get all het up about it. Wang Xiaoyu calles Jin Yong a “post-80s” writer.

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Do women need their own Writers’ Association?

Jiang Yun (蒋韵) is president of the new Shanxi Women Writers’ Association.

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High taxes are the enemy of good literature

Er Yue He (二月河), aka Ling Jiefang (凌解放), calls for the government to exempt writers from the income tax.

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The Chinese Writers’ Association: what good is it?

Tie Ning becomes president of the Chinese Writers’ Association. Is it nothing more than a useless political organization, as Wang Lixiong alleges?

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