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Sha Yexin, born 1939 in Nanjing
Nanjing

is the capital city of China's Jiangsu province of China, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and Chinese culture. Nanjing served as the capital of China during several historical periods and is listed as one of the Historical capitals of China....
, is a Chinese writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 and political activist.

n became head of the Shanghai People's Art Theatre in 1985. He met with German chancellor Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel

, is the Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 9 April 2000, and Chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary party group from 2002 to 2005....
 in 2007, regarding freedom of the press
Freedom of the press

Freedom of the press consists ofconstitutional or Statute protections pertaining to the Mass media and published materials.With respect to governmental information, any government distinguishes which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public based on classified information as sensitive, classified or secret and being...
 issues in China
China

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.

inished his first one-act play, Yi fen qian (One cent), in 1965. Later plays include Haohao xuexi (Diligent study), Yesu¡DKongzi¡DPitoushi Lienong (Jesus, Confucius and John Lennon) and Makesi mishi (Secret history of Marx).

Yexin's play The Impostor (If I Were Real) -- written collectively with fellow playwrights Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde -- was reviewed by the New York Times in 1986.






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Sha Yexin, born 1939 in Nanjing
Nanjing

is the capital city of China's Jiangsu province of China, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and Chinese culture. Nanjing served as the capital of China during several historical periods and is listed as one of the Historical capitals of China....
, is a Chinese writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 and political activist.

Political activism

Yexin became head of the Shanghai People's Art Theatre in 1985. He met with German chancellor Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel

, is the Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 9 April 2000, and Chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary party group from 2002 to 2005....
 in 2007, regarding freedom of the press
Freedom of the press

Freedom of the press consists ofconstitutional or Statute protections pertaining to the Mass media and published materials.With respect to governmental information, any government distinguishes which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public based on classified information as sensitive, classified or secret and being...
 issues in China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
.

Literary career

He finished his first one-act play, Yi fen qian (One cent), in 1965. Later plays include Haohao xuexi (Diligent study), Yesu¡DKongzi¡DPitoushi Lienong (Jesus, Confucius and John Lennon) and Makesi mishi (Secret history of Marx).

Yexin's play The Impostor (If I Were Real) -- written collectively with fellow playwrights Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde -- was reviewed by the New York Times in 1986. In that review, Mel Gussow referred to how "controversial" the play was when performed in China.