“For Many Chinese, Literary Dreams Go Online”
By Lara Farrar, CNN Online, Feb 15, 2009
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This article is discussing the new wave in Chinese writing. Due to things like censorship by the government the Chinese authors have been very limited on what they can write and if they can get published their works usually get altered to conform to the censorship. In China today the new wave for authors is to publish online. Authors post novels, stories, and blogs etc which are not monitored to the extent of offline publishing. The ability to publish online is giving thousands of Chinese authors hope and the chance to have millions read their work. Bookstores are now devoting a section to literary works online. The online literary publishers are trying to make their money by charging for popular works and so on.
I think that this is an amazing opportunity for Chinese authors. The development of the internet and the drastic increase and use and reliance on it has changed society as we know it. People are becoming so much more dependent on it and the internet is allowing for people to do things they would otherwise not be able to do. I personally feel that censoring authors is a great wrong doing but that is probably because I live in America and have never full had the problem with censorship that many other countries have. I think that it is amazing that Chinese authors can now express themselves without having to worry about things like censorship. I also think it is amazing that their works can reach anyone, anywhere. This can allow for them to gain exposure but it can also allow people of other countries to experience, appreciate, and learn from other cultures.
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A good job reviewing/ reacting to an interesting article. In way way this proves the old saying about having a will and finding the way, I suppose. If your interested in this subject there is a political prisoner in China that goes by the net handle "stainless steele mouse". Sometimes she is able to slip some of her writings out to the rest of the world. Good job.
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