Friday Links: Liao Yiwu wins German Peace Prize, people now selling sex mushrooms, This American Life, and Gu Kailai confesses?

Liu Wei
Picture via Philip Tinari, captioned: “Liu Wei in front of his painting at waitanyuan, hung upside down for last 3 years.” Dazefeast is tomorrow starting at 4 pm at 2 Kolegas, for those in Beijing. Unrelated: the most interesting things happen between Wednesday and Friday, as we’re about to show you in today’s links.