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A checkered flag[1]

A noted literary critic once said: "If I were Han Han's father, I'd slap him crazy."

Will Han dodge the slap and cause the other to fall, or will he fight back in the spirit of the mythical dragon slayer? Whatever response he takes, he will probably downplay his act by saying, "I'm not a rebel at all," because he believes what he advocates is common sense.

Q & A | Han han

CD (China Daily): Is rebelliousness a stance or a mentality?

HH (Han Han): It is sick to pretend to be rebellious. I'm not a rebel. My taste is mainstream.

CD: The pleasure when you reach top speed and the joy of a spurt of inspiration while writing - do these two have something in common?

HH: Not necessarily driving fastest, but when I feel good at the wheel, it is like writing with great inspiration.

CD: Between racing and writing, which is riskier?

HH: Definitely writing - in China. You can't race onto a blacklist or right into jail.

CD: In one of your novels, a character says: "You're simply a bystander in this age." Are you a bystander or a participant? If you could choose, which one would you rather be?

HH: Everyone is a participant, yet most are actually bystanders.

CD: Given China's uniqueness, is it a good thing or bad thing to be nominated for the Time 100 list of influential people of the year?

HH: It was not my influence, but the influence of Time magazine. Ours is a strange environment. If you show indifference toward an overseas media organization's recognition, you're impolite; if you express gratitude, people will say you are being used by Western media or you are in their camp. Some will even accuse you of using Western values to suppress Asian values. I give the same answers to inquiries from domestic and overseas press, but domestic press helps with filtering, which I totally understand.