Liu Xiaobo


Articles by Liu Xiaobo

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

Global Free Expression
Wednesday June 30

The Negative Effects of the Rise of Dictatorship on World Democratization

When the CPC boss Hu Jintao made his first official visit to the United States [in April 2006], he followed the old low-key pragmatic approach the CPC regime had adopted in its relations with the U.S. since June Fourth, with the intention of maintaining stable relations between the two countries. In order to reduce the