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Liu Xiaobo: The Founder of China’s Political Opposition Movements
Wu Qiang, June 30, 2017
These actions show that Liu Xiaobo is not only a hardworking dissident author, but also a leader and organizer of political opposition. His superb leadership ability and political acumen allowed him to establish, during the course of the first decade of the 21st century, in a strict authoritarian environment, a movement that inherited the spirit of the Tiananmen democracy movement, an organizational network, and a nationwide opposition platform. In each instance he changed the pessimistic attitude people had toward the political “circumstances,” and helped Chinese citizens stop waiting around and watching…
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Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars: A Statement on the Death of Mr. Liu Xiaobo
July 15, 2017 “This was a long and public slaughter.” Today, Xiaobo is gone. Xiaobo, our teacher, our classmate, is gone. The courageous…
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New Citizens Movement Leader Xu Zhiyong Released From Prison
China Change, July 15, 2017 Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永), leader of the New Citizens Movement, was released from prison on July 15, after…
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The China Human Rights Lawyers Group: Statement Upon the 2nd Anniversary of the 709 Incident
The China Human Rights Lawyers Group, July 9, 2017 In the early hours of the morning on July 9, 2015, the Beijing-based lawyer Wang…
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Liu Xiaobo: Walking the Path of Kang Youwei, Spilling His Blood Like Tan Sitong
Wang Dan, July 20, 2017 “Liu Xiaobo’s death also lays bare a reality we sometimes are reluctant to acknowledge: even the most moderate position, so…
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As Liu Xiaobo Dies in Isolation, It’s Time to Abandon ‘Quiet Diplomacy’
By Chang Ping, July 18, 2017 On July 7, the German professor Markus W Büchler, Chairman of the Department of Surgery, University of…
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The Path Forward in the Wake of Liu Xiaobo’s Passing
Yaxue Cao, July 16, 2017 It was heartbreaking and depressing recently to watch the community of Chinese activists and dissidents, especially friends…
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Interview With Yu Zhijian, One of the ‘Three Hunan Hooligans’ Who Defaced the Portrait of Mao Zedong Over Tiananmen Square in 1989, Part Two
Liao Yiwu, June 2, 2017 (Continued from Part One) LIAO: I’ve heard some people say that if they had known blood was…
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Interview With Yu Zhijian, One of the ‘Three Hunan Hooligans’ Who Defaced the Portrait of Mao Zedong Over Tiananmen Square in 1989
Liao Yiwu, June 1, 2017 On the afternoon of May 23, 1989, sitting at home in a small town in Sichuan, poet Liao Yiwu…
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Wang Qiaoling, Wife of Lawyer Li Heping, Reflects on Life, Faith and the 709 Crackdown
Wang Qiaoling, May 26, 2017 This interview was conducted on May 5, 2017, three days before lawyer Li Heping returned home. – The Editors …
