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Liu Xia’s Open Letter to Chinese Leader Xi Jinping

June 14, 2013. Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo, imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, has written an open letter to China's resident Xi Jinping. Liu Xia has been under house arrest ever since the announcement of Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize. The letter is written after...
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Dr.YANG Jianli's Opening Remarks at EU Public Hearing on Human Rights in China

Dr.YANG Jianli's Opening Remarks at Public Hearing "Prospects for human rights and democracy in China after the leadership change; the freedom of expression, the situation of artists, writers and intellectuals" held by Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROIT) of European...
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The Significance of Liu Xiaobo for China’s Democracy

Opening Statement at the Dec.12, 2012 CECC Hearing on Liu Xiaobo By YANG Jianli Congressman Smith and Senator Brown: Thank you for hosting this important hearing. Liu Xiaobo and his wife’s plight and the Chinese reactions to his winning the Nobel Peace Prize and the...
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IFC Releases exclusive short film "WAITING FOR LIU"

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOI0J7jl_o, 580, 380[/tube]   Contact: Lianchao Han Washington, DC:  1-571-482-9188, email:  lianchao@initiativesforchina.org December 6, 2012: Initiatives For China, also known as Citizen Power For China, released a powerful...
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