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 | Author Li Ao (C) waves during his visit to the Fayuan Temple in Beijing September 21, 2005. Prolific and controversial Taiwan author Li riled China on Wednesday by giving millions of Internet surfers and television viewers a taste of the self-ruled island's freewheeling democracy. Li championed freedom of speech and took repeated swipes at the Communist Party in a no-holds-barred question-and-answer session at Peking University televised live by Hong Kong's Phoenix cable network which is seen by millions across China. click to open  |  | Prominent Taiwanese writer and historian Li Ao, 70, speaks at a news conference after he arrives at Capital International Airport in Beijing September 19, 2005. Li Ao is in Beijing to begin his mainland tour, his first trip in 56 years. The trip will then take the Taiwan scholar to Shanghai and Hong Kong before he returns to Taiwan on September 30, state media reported. click to open |  | Prominent Taiwanese writer and historian Li Ao, 70, gestures at a news conference after he arrives at Capital International Airport in Beijing September 19, 2005. Li Ao is in Beijing to begin his mainland tour, his first trip in 56 years. The trip will then take the Taiwan scholar to Shanghai and Hong Kong before he returns to Taiwan on September 30, state media reported. click to open |
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