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Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo was a Chinese literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end Chinese Communist Party one-party rule in China. He was arrested numerous times, and was described as China's most prominent dissident and the country's most famous political prisoner. On 26 June 2017, he was granted medic…
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culture · Chinese human rights activist (1955–2017) · poet · writer · human rights defender · literary critic · literary scholar · freedom fighter · also Liu Xiaobo, Liú Xiǎobō, Liu Xiao Bo, Xiaobo Liu, Xiaobo
Born 28 December 1955 · Died 13 July 2017 · Q41617
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2026· 4 entries
“The Negative Effects of the Rise of Dictatorship on World Democratization”
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“Using Truths to Undermine a System Built of Lies”
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“Further Questions about Child Slavery in China's Kilns”
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2017· 1 entry
Died 2017-07-13.
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded One Humanity Award (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
A WorldWideReading was dedicated to Liu Xiaobo; on 20 March, readings in more than 60 towns and cities on all continents and broadcast via radio stations were held in his honor
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2010· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (2010).
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Won Giuseppe Motta Medal (2010).
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Awarded Hermann Kesten Prize (2010).
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2009· 5 entries
Awarded PEN Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award (2009).
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“The Communist Party of China's Dictatorial Patriotism”
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“Can It Be that the Chinese People Deserve Only Party-Led Democracy?”
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During his trial for "inciting subversion of state power" due to his participation in drafting the Charter 08 manifesto which demanded freedom of expression, human rights and democratic elections, he wrote an essay known
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“To Change a Regime by Changing a Society”
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded Homo Homini Award (2008).
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“Obama's Election, The Republican Factor, and a Proposal for China”
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Liu had received a financial endowment from the National Endowment for Democracy
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2007· 1 entry
Did not seek reelection as president but held his position as a board member until he was detained by the police in December 2008
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2006· 1 entry
In another interview with Open Magazine (formerly known as Liberation Monthly) that his 1988 response of "300 years of colonialism" was extemporaneous, although he did not intend to retract it, because it represented "an
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2005· 1 entry
“Remembering June 4th for China's Future”
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2004· 5 entries
Awarded Fondation de France Prize for press freedom defender (2004).
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Awarded Human Rights Press Award (2004).
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Reporters Without Borders awarded him the Fondation de France Prize as a defender of press freedom
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“Elegy to Lin Zhao, Lone Voice of Chinese Freedom”
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“: maximize personal gain, and that's all. The Spiritual Landscape of the Urban Young in Post-Totalitarian China”
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2003· 3 entries
Career landmark: president (2003–2007).
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“The Rise of Civil Society in China”
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When Liu started writing a human rights report on China at his home, his computer, letters and documents were all confiscated by the government
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2002· 2 entries
Reflected on his initial Maoist-flavored radical esthetic and political views in the 1980s:
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“at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century”
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2000· 2 entries
While in Taiwan, Liu published the book A Nation That Lies to Conscience, a 400-page political criticism
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Expressed his thoughts on the prospects of the democracy movement in China:
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1996· 1 entry
While he was still imprisoned in the labor camp, Liu married Liu Xia, who herself was not a prisoner
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1995· 1 entry
Was admitted as a PhD student at Tsinghua University, but Liu Xiaobo's political activities meant he was not allowed to take the examinations
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1992· 1 entry
While in Taiwan, he published his first book after his imprisonment, The Monologues of a Doomsday's Survivor, a controversial memoir which contains his confessions and his political criticism of the popular movement in 1
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1989· 1 entry
Liu was immediately put under house arrest for two weeks before he learned about the death of Zhao
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1988· 1 entry
Studied at Beijing Normal University, Doctor of Philosophy (1986–1988).
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1987· 1 entry
His first book, Criticism of the Choice: Dialogs with Li Zehou, was published and became a nonfiction bestseller
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1986· 1 entry
Liu started his doctoral study program and published his literary critiques in various magazines
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1984· 1 entry
Studied at Beijing Normal University, Master of Arts (1982–1984).
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1982· 2 entries
Graduated with a BA in literature before being admitted to the Department of Chinese Literature at Beijing Normal University as a research student, where he received an MA in literature in 1984, and started teaching a
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Studied at Jilin University, Bachelor of Arts (1977–1982).
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1977· 1 entry
Liu was admitted to the Department of Chinese Literature at Jilin University, where he founded a poetry group known as "The Innocent Hearts" (赤子心詩社) with six schoolmates
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1974· 1 entry
Was sent to the countryside to work on a farm in Jilin
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1969· 1 entry
During the Down to the Countryside Movement, Liu's father took him to Horqin Right Front Banner, Inner Mongolia
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1957· 1 entry
Is professor of Energy and Materials, Guangdong University of Technology, engaged in optical functional polymer materials and light curing application technology research
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-12-28.
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1935· 1 entry
Who also died as a prisoner of Nazi Germany
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