However, Columbia University professor and literary critic Wang Dewei feels that Gao Xingjian is a highly innovative writer with original ideas, and that a combination of factors including his fame overseas, his literary status, his creative style and his accessibility surely make him a fitting choice to receive the prize, whether on behalf of Chinese authors or of writers in exile.
哥倫比亞大學教授、文學評論家王德威則認為，高行健是一位非常有創意、有自己想法的作家，他在海外的知名度、文化地位、創作方式與被接受的方便性等等，無論代表中國作家、海外流亡作家得獎，應該可以說是合情合理的。