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Jun 4, 1989 · "I Sit Here" was written in June 1995 when Liu Xiaobo was detained outside Beijing. What's notable is the "rain" in the last stanza which responds to the first poem Liu Xiaobo wrote for her in 1991 about himself being in the rain.
Dec 23, 2009 · Upon release from Qincheng Prison in 1991, I, who had been led onto the path of political dissent by the psychological chains of June Fourth, lost the right to speak publicly in my own country and could only speak through the foreign media.
Jul 9, 2024 · Liu Xiaobo (born December 28, 1955, Changchun, Jilin province, China—died July 13, 2017, Shenyang, Liaoning province, China) was a Chinese literary critic, professor, and human rights activist who called for democratic reforms and the end of one-party rule in China.
Liu Xiaobo (Chinese: 刘晓波; pinyin: Liú Xiǎobō; 28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) 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. [2]
As someone who had returned to Beijing in the face of the April 26 People's Daily editorial, Liu Xiaobo believed that it was time to take a stand. He realized that he had to commit himself to the movement personally before he could hope to have any real influence.
Jul 13, 2017 · Liu Xiaobo. The Nobel Peace Prize 2010. Born: 28 December 1955, Changchun, China. Died: 13 July 2017, Shenyang, China. Residence at the time of the award: China. Prize motivation: “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”. Prize share: 1/1.
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On July 13, imprisoned Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo died of liver cancer, after long being denied appropriate medical treatment. A well-known essayist and poet, he was arrested just after the Tiananmen Square massacre for his support of the protesters.