The long arm of Chinese censorship and author Geling Yan. In conversation with Larry Walker.

The San Francisco Experience

EpisodeJul 26, 202225m

The long arm of Chinese censorship and author Geling Yan. In conversation with Larry Walker.

The San Francisco Experience

EpisodeJul 26, 202225m

Acclaimed Chinese American novelist and screen play writer Geling Yan has published 28 novels which have been translated into 18 languages. But when she dared to criticize the Chinese Government handling of the Covid 19 outbreak in early 2020, she has been the victim of an official erasing in China. Her business manager and husband Larry Walker recounts the tale of her fight to get credit for a Chinese film being distributed in the West "The Second". The New York Times wrote an article about the film controversy, without fully detailing the extent of Geling's censorship.

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We are a "deep dive" news podcast, for Americans who get their news from the Internet. Our mission is to give the listener succinct, fact based analysis both non-ideological and independent from a California, Silicon Valley perspective. Your host Jim Herlihy is a published author: his novel “Deceit and Dirty Money” is available on line. He served as President of the SF Public Library Commission 1992 - 1996. While working in Latin America, he was a stringer for The Economist, The Times and the BBC. Jim serves as a director on two SF sister city boards : Bangalore, India and Cork, Ireland.

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