A Man Booker prize nominee has had his nationality changed from Taiwan to “Taiwan, China” after Beijing exerted pressure on the organisers of the literary prize. Wu Ming-Yi was put on the long list for the Man Booker international prize this month and posted the news on his Facebook page. Wu wrote on his Facebook page that his new listed nationality did not reflect his “personal position on this issue” and said he would be making his views known to Man Booker. One reviewer wrote: “Nationality is as much a part of one’s personal identity as it is a political designation. The awards organiser said it had received earlier advice that “Taiwan, China, was the correct, politically neutral form,” according to the spokesperson Truda Spruyt.

Source: The Guardian April 03, 2018 05:48 UTC