The News Lens
Date: 2016/12/14

Nassim Taleb, author of the international bestseller “Black Swan,” has exposed what he says was attempted Chinese censorship of one of his books to be sold in the United States.

The Chinese company printing a U.S.-bound edition of his 2012 book, “Antifragile,” sought to change a reference to “Taiwan” so that it included “China,” the author said in series of comments on Twitter.

“I (angrily) said ‘No censorship!’,” Taleb says. He has also has posted photos of the manuscript with suggested changes, which he says are from the Chinese printing company.

Taleb’s publisher Random House was supportive of his decision and has changed to a new printer, he says.   [FULL  STORY]