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Censored Chinese Artist's Photos Were Smuggled Out Of China

Photographs by Chinese artist Liu Xia (lee-OW' zah) will be shown at Columbia University next month.

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02/09/12 China police bars rights lawyer from Merkel event Source: China News.Net A rights lawyer who has defended some of China's most prominent dissidents said on Thursday police prevented him from meeting the visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
02/08/12 Censored Chinese artist's photos coming to NYC Source: Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus GA A special exhibition of photographs by Chinese artist Liu Xia (lee-OH'-shah) are going on display at Columbia University.
02/04/12 Book shows Chinese laureate's struggles wi... Source: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has been hailed as a bold champion of democracy, but a new compilation of his writings shows him also to be deeply introspective and doubtful of the West's model.
01/20/12 Chinese crackdown on dissent shows no respite Source: Deutsche Welle Ten years in jail for subversion - that was the draconian punishment meted out to the writer Li Tie on Thursday for "articles criticizing the government and his participation in discussions hosted on 'reactionary' websites," according to the Hong Kong-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders.
01/19/12 Ron Paul's Bad Record on China Source: The Weekly Standard - Washington DC âVote against a resolution congratulating Liu Xiaobo, for winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize and call for Liu's release from prison.

Background on Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo (born 28 December 1955) is a Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule in China.

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