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China's Best Actor: Wen Jiabao
Chinese dissident and author Yu Jie will present his book, China's Best Actor: Wen Jiabao, in a talk at the University of Southern California.
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Author Yu Jie will introduce his new book, China's Best Actor: Wen Jiabao. The author has written many critical works including an essay entitled The Chinese Communist Party is a Taliban in Disguise. His writings have been banned on the mainland for several years. Yu says in his book: "The right to criticize is more important than the content … I have sought the freedom to criticize even a high official in China."
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