Living In London Is Like Being On

It Is Vitally Important For Me, Both Personally And For My Writing, To Be Able To Return To China Freely, So Being Barred Entry Has Caused Me Deep Concern And Distress.

In 1989, I Was On Tiananmen Square With The Students, Living In Their Makeshift Tents And Joining Their Jubilant Singing Of The Internationale. In The Two Decades Since, Each Time That I Have Gone Back, Visions From Those Days Seem To Return With Increasing Persistence.

The Beijing Olympics Represent China's Grand Entrance Onto The World Stage And Confirmation Of Its New Superpower Status.

Red Dust Was About The Late 1980s; It Was A Time Of Burgeoning Hopes And Opening Up And People Searching For New Ways.

Living In London Is Like Being On A Luxury Cruise Liner.