PEN America: China's Smear of Mario Vargas Llosa an Attempt to Silence Criticism
March 18, 2020
March 18, 2020
NEW YORK, March 18 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- After comments in a Spanish newspaper, China's government lashed out at the former president of PEN International
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The Chinese government's criticism and apparent censorship of celebrated Peruvian author and former president of PEN International Mario Vargas Llosa, in apparent retaliation for the writer's recent editorial on the coronavirus, is an unwarranted atte . . .
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- After comments in a Spanish newspaper, China's government lashed out at the former president of PEN International
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The Chinese government's criticism and apparent censorship of celebrated Peruvian author and former president of PEN International Mario Vargas Llosa, in apparent retaliation for the writer's recent editorial on the coronavirus, is an unwarranted atte . . .