Remembering Chinese Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo

Click to expand Image The empty chair, diploma and medal that should have been awarded to Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in the City Hall in Olso, Norway, December 10, 2010. © 2010 AP Photo/Scanpix/Heiko Junge Tomorrow marks the sixth anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s death. The 2010 Nobel Peace laureate died from complications of liver cancer on July 13, 2017, in a hospital in Liaoning province while guarded by state security forces. Liu was a Chinese literary critic and leader in the 1989 pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests. He was imprisoned three times for his peaceful criticism of…

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