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Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Our love is a firm religious sentiment”: Love Behind Bars

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December 19, 2012

The true love story of Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia.

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Liu Xia

Liu Xia cries on December 6, 2012, Continue reading →

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Washington Post：Renaming a street after Liu Xiaobo is the right thing to do

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BY EDITORIAL BOARD July 5

THE EFFORT to rename part of the Northwest Washington street in front of the Chinese Embassy in honor of an imprisoned Chinese dissident is, as some have noted, purely symbolic. But that should be celebrated, not derided. Speaking out against an egregious injustice is the right thing to do and, as history has shown, can eventually make a difference. Continue reading →

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China: What’s in a Law?

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By: Sarah Hoffman

PUBLISHED ON JUNE 25, 2014

Five years ago this past Monday, PEN received word from our sources inside China that Liu Xiaobo, who had been held under “residential surveillance” at an undisclosed location in Continue reading →

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The not-so-subtle diplomatic tactic of renaming streets to troll other countries

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BY ADAM TAYLOR June 25

China’s Washington Embassy (Google Maps)

China’s Washington embassy is getting a new address, according to The Washington Post’s Dr. Gridlock blog: No. 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza. Continue reading →

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China calls U.S. bid to name street for Nobel peace laureate a ‘farce’

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BEIJING Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:32am EDT


Workers prepare the Nobel Peace Prize laureate exhibition ”I Have No Enemies” for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

(Reuters) – China on Wednesday dismissed as a “farce” Continue reading →

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US push to rename Chinese embassy street after dissident

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A picture of Liu Xiaobo seen inside the Nobel Peace Center on the day of The Nobel Peace Prize Continue reading →

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House committee votes to give Chinese Embassy new address: No. 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza

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BY MICHAEL LARIS June 24 at 12:54 PM

The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday voted to rename the stretch of road in front of the Chinese Embassy “Liu Xiaobo Plaza,” a symbolic nod to the Nobel Prize-winning dissident and a slap at the human rights record of officials in Beijing. Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao：“In the beginning was the Word”

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / December 18, 2013
On the fifth year of Liu Xiaobo’s imprisonment.


Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo. Image: Lunar New Year via Flickr.

Exactly five years ago, on December 6, 2008, Continue reading →

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