A Chinese blogger who calls himself a patriot has sued Nobel-winning novelist Mo Yan for beautifying soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army and insulting Mao Zedong, the founder of modern China, according to his social media post.In the suit, filed on February 20 and submitted to a Beijing court, the blogger demands that Mo apologize to the general public and pay 1.5 billion yuan ($209 million) in damages, equivalent to 1 yuan per Chinese national. Additionally, he requests the removal of Mo's books from bookshelves.The court has yet to accept the suit.Mo Yan, the first Chinese author to wi…READ FULL ARTICLE
