Lu Xun Award stirs debate about criteria

This year's prestigious Lu Xun Literature Award, the fifth since being initiated in 1986, has triggered much debate about the quality of literary creations and the criteria used to select the winners.

Che Yangao, a member of the Wuhan municipal committee and secretary of the city's discipline and inspection committee, caused a stir online when he won the award in the poetry category.

Netizens questioned not just the literary quality of Che's poems, especially the ones dedicated to some mainland actresses, but also the integrity of the jury.