Liu, Xiaobo, 1955-
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
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- Includes bibliographical references (341-343) and index.
- pt. I. Politics with Chinese characteristics. Listen carefully to the voices of the Tiananmen mothers Poem: Your seventeen years Poem: Standing amid the execrations of time To change a regime by changing a society The land manifestos of Chinese farmers Xidan democracy wall and China’s enlightenment The spiritual landscape of the urban young in post-totalitarian China Poem: What one can bear Poem: A knife slid into the world Bellicose and thuggish State ownership of land is the authorities’ magic wand for forced eviction A deeper look into why child slavery in China’s black kilns could matter The significance of the Weng’an incident — pt. II. Culture and society. Epilogue to Chinese politics and China’s modern intellectuals On living with dignity in China Poem: Looking up at Jesus Elegy to Lin Zhao, lone voice of Chinese freedom Ba Jin Poem: Alone in winter Poem: Van Gogh and you The erotic carnival in recent Chinese history Poem: Your lifelong prisoner From Wang Shuo’s wicked satire to Hu Ge’s Egao Yesterday’s stray dog becomes today’s guard dog Poem: My puppy’s death Long live the Internet Imprisoning people for words and the power of public opinion — pt. III. China and the world. Behind the China miracle Behind the rise of the great powers Poem: To St. Augustine Poem: Hats off to Kant The Communist party’s Olympic gold medal syndrome Hong Kong ten years after the handover So long as Han Chinese have no freedom, Tibetans will have no autonomy Poem: One morning Poem: Distance Obama’s election, the Republican factor, and a proposal for China — pt. IV. Documents. The June Second hunger strike declaration Poem: You · Ghosts · The defeated A letter to Liao Yiwu Poem: Feet so cold, so small Using truth to undermine a system built on lies Charter 08 My self-defense I have no enemies The criminal verdict.
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