By Wang Yaqiu, published: June 4, 2015
Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
LIU XIAOBO IN 1989, SECOND FROM RIGHT.
In the spring of 1989, Dr. Liu Xiaobo left Columbia University where he was a visiting scholar and went back to Beijing to take part in the democracy movement. In Tiananmen Square, he became a leader and a mentor, drafting open letters, giving speeches and leading a hunger strike. Continue reading