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China Rejects Appeal on Behalf of Nobel Prize Winner's Widow

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China has rejected an appeal from dozens of writers and artists for the release from house arrest of the widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Thursday that Liu Xia's right to travel was a matter for the Chinese government alone to determine. Lu's comments came after writers and artists including South African novelist J.M. Coetzee, Rita Dove, Paul Auster Khaled Hosseini, Hu Ping, and Michael Chabon read excerpts of Liu...

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