Liu Xiaobo


Articles by Liu Xiaobo

Global Free Expression
Wednesday June 30

Further Questions about Child Slavery in China’s Kilns

It has been nearly two months since the shocking news of the “black kilns” run on slave labor in Shanxi came to light. But consider the storm of public opinion at home and abroad demanding greater accountability; or the numerous instructions, the staff, the apologies, and the tens of thousands of police who blanketed the

Global Free Expression
Wednesday June 30

Changing the Regime by Changing Society

We have had over twenty years of reform, but due to the Chinese Communist Party’s selfish arrogation of political power and the scattering of civic forces, in the short term I do not see any kind of political force capable of changing the regime, nor any liberal-minded force within the circle of official authorities, like

Global Free Expression
Wednesday June 30

Can It Be That the Chinese People Deserve Only “Party-Led Democracy”?

“For the emergence of a free China, placing hope in ‘new policies’ of those in power is far worse than placing hope in the continuous expansion of the ‘new power’ among the people.” On October 19, 2005, the Information Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China released the white paper, “Building