"Cao Wenxuan is a great example of how writing wonderful prose and telling stories about brave children facing tremendous difficulties and challenges can attract a very wide and commited child readership, as well as helping to shape a literary tradition in China that honors the realities of children's worlds."
Patricia Aldana, the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Jury president, announcing Cao was the winner of the Hans Christan Andersen Prize this year.
I’ve lived in China for quite a considerable time including my graduate school years, travelled and worked in a few cities and still choose my destination taking into consideration the density of smog or PM2.5 particulate matter in the region.