Nobel Literature laureate Mo Yan is accused in patriotism lawsuit of insulting China’s heroes

The richest Chinese and one of the country's most famous authors are the latest victims of nationalist shitstorms in China. This irritates even the most ardent patriots.

Chinese Nobel-winning author targeted in patriotic lawsuit - Seymour Tribune

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China? That’s the question at the center of a high-profile lawsuit that has driven a debate about nationalism in China in recent weeks. Patriotic campaigns have become more common in recent years in China, as online nationalists attack journalists, writers or other public figures they say have offended the country’s dignity…

Hvězda čínské literatury čelí žalobě. Mo Jen podle blogera uráží národní hrdiny

Don't talk, just go.

Novelist Mo Jen was the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Now he faces a lawsuit in his country over whether he insulted heroes, martyrs and Mao Zedong in his books.