Sometimes people forget that China remains an authoritarian regime, but unfortunately, they cannot go long without reminding us:
It is strange to me that Liu Xiaobo has not received the attention that other causes celebres do. If there is any modern analog to Ghandi, or Martin Luther King, it is probably Liu Xiaobo. Poignantly, he is only accused of signing the Charter 2008.
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