Man Booker is one of the world’s most prestigious literary prizes

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/03/31
By: Juvina Lai, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Image taken from Man Booker Prize’s Facebook Page

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — On Friday, Taiwanese netizens responded to the callmade by artist Wu Ming-Yi (吳明益), whose book “The Stolen Bicycle” has been nominated for an international literary award by Man Booker, to lodge complaints on the Facebook Page of the organization for changing his nationality from Taiwan to Taiwan,China.

The Man Booker International Prize announced that it had changed the nationality of Taiwanese nominee Professor Wu Ming-yi from Taiwan, to Taiwan, China after submitting to pressure from Chinese officials in London and Beijing.

Since the incident, Wu himself objected to the change in his nationality on his Facebook page and called for supporters to lodge complaints on the organization’s website.
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