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What Lies between Chinese Writers and the Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize for Literature was just awarded to Herta Müller, born in Romania and productive in Germany. This came somewhat to my surprise even though I had not been playing with a crystal ball. Shortly before the announcement, one prominent member o... ...full story at Blogging For China

from Blogging For China on Fri, Oct 09 2009

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