Mo Yan accepts Nobel prize, defends 'necessary' censorship

Despite being branded a 'patsy' by Salman Rushdie after declining to sign petition calling for release of fellow Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, Mo Yan reiterated view that a level of censorship is 'necessary' in acceptance speech 'I have always been independent' ... Mo Yan accepts the Nobel prize in literature from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (right). Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty...