Yu Jie insists on publication — 12.07.2010
Chinese writer and former Vice President of Independent Chinese PEN, Yu Jie, 36, has ignored questioning regarding his forthcoming book on China’s Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao, stating last week that he intends to release the book in Hong Kong as planned.
Mr Wen’s interrogators suggested that by doing so Mr Wen could meet a similar sentence to Liu Xiaobo, who is currently imprisoned for eleven years for his role as a co-author and signatory to Charter 08.
Mr Wen’s book, China’s Best Actor: Wen Jiaobo, criticizes the Prime Minister’s populist appeal as a performance that hides oppressive principles.