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Exiled Author Hails Appearance in Hong Kong as Rights Victory

Ma Jian, an exiled Chinese novelist who lives in London, arrives at a news conference in Hong Kong, Nov. 10, 2018. Ma said the reversal of the decision to cancel his appearance at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival on Saturday “proves the failure” of self-censorship. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)