I trust my mum with anything. If I have a problem, my mum is always the first person I go to.
In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.
The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.