In this photo taken Tuesday Aug. 2, 2011, Chinese writer Mo Yan poses for photos in a theater in Beijing. Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, Oct 11, 2012, a cause of pride for a... more 

In this photo taken Tuesday Aug. 2, 2011, Chinese writer Mo Yan poses for photos in a theater in Beijing. Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, Oct 11, 2012, a cause of pride for a government that had disowned the only previous Chinese winner of the award, an exiled critic. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT less