Dissidents Have Their Day - from Publshing Perspectives
By Wen Huang and Edward Nawotka

Criticism accusing the Frankfurt Book Fair of censoring dissident voices at this year's Fair now seems premature. Wednesday provided no less than four sessions offering dissident Chinese writers the opportunity to voice their opposition to Chinese government policies controlling the press and freedom of expression.
Throughout the day, large crowds gathered to hear dissident voices ranging from Ma Jian, author of Beijing Coma; Bei Ling, the poet and journal editor who was struck from the program of the symposium "China and the World-Perceptions and Realities" last month; to Uyghur activist and journalist Kaiser Abdulrusul ÖzHun, among others. (read on ...)