Learning the limits of “freedom” in China
BEIJING – When Liu Xia moved into her new flat here at the beginning of the year, Beijing's security police moved in too. Not directly into her apartment, mind… More
Assessing the fallout from Tiananmen
The bloody scars of the past have been airbrushed out of the photo and those who try to draw attention to that cleansing of the historical record have been… More
The Poet in an Unknown Prison
On April 16, the PEN American Center named the Beijing-based writer and dissident Liu Xiaobo the recipient of the 2009 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. The award honors… More
Manifesto on Freedom Sets China’s Persecution Machinery in Motion
BEIJING — Behind the west Beijing apartment building where Liu Xia keeps a fifth-floor flat, the police have built a guardhouse. Its purpose is not to protect Ms. Liu,… More
Prominent Writer Liu Xiaobo Honored in New York
PEN America honored Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s preeminent dissident writers and activists and a leading figure in the PEN movement internationally, with PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. More
Arrested Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo to Receive Prestigious Award
One of the world’s most prestigious literary awards will be bestowed today on Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident and writer. But the man himself will spend the day in… More
The Internet is God’s Present to China
The ease, openness, and freedom of the internet has caused public opinion to become very lively in recent years. The government…cannot control the internet. More
5 Reasons Why What Happens To Arrested Chinese Writer Liu Matters
Next week, PEN American Center will award one of its highest honors, the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, to Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese intellectual and literary critic who… More
Wife of Chinese dissident asks Obama for help
The case of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo flared up in the American media this weekend, after Liu's wife Liu Xia published a Washington Post editorial asking President Barack… More
US activists back Chinese dissident
US human rights activists have launched a campaign to free prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (劉曉波), whose case has become a cause celebre outside China. The Washington Post carried… More