Words to Soothe Asia’s Tensions

Words to Soothe Asia’s Tensionshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/opinion/yan-lianke-words-to-soothe-asias-tensions.html?_r=0

BEIJING — Raucous clashes triggered by the recent Sino-Japanese territorial dispute have made creative writing impossible for me. I’ve been devoting all my time to following the news, anxiously delving into every new development.
Again and again, I ask myself: What turns an interminable island dispute into a fireball? Who can put out the flames? Who can make politicians sit down to sip iced tea together and engage in calm and courteous dialogue? Where are the voices of reason?
I long for more rational voices, I long to hear from my fellow writers.