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Steel Gate to Freedom : The Life of Liu Xiaobo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (262 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442237148
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Steel Gate to FreedomDDC classification:
  • 365/.45092 B
LOC classification:
  • CT1828.L595 Y82513 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 The Young Boy on the Black Soil -- 2 Beijing Stories -- 3 The Black Hand of Tiananmen -- 4 Start from Zero -- 5 One Man's War -- 6 Final Warning: Charter 08 -- 7 Liu Xia -- 8 Nobel: A Crown of Thorns -- Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author and the Translator.
Summary: Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017)--awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while serving an eleven-year prison sentence--helped shatter longstanding barriers to freedom of organization and expression in China. This biography, written by one of his closest friends, retraces Liu Xiaobo's inspiring life, from his childhood years through his imprisonment. He became terminally ill while incarcerated and died July 13, 2017.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 The Young Boy on the Black Soil -- 2 Beijing Stories -- 3 The Black Hand of Tiananmen -- 4 Start from Zero -- 5 One Man's War -- 6 Final Warning: Charter 08 -- 7 Liu Xia -- 8 Nobel: A Crown of Thorns -- Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author and the Translator.

Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017)--awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while serving an eleven-year prison sentence--helped shatter longstanding barriers to freedom of organization and expression in China. This biography, written by one of his closest friends, retraces Liu Xiaobo's inspiring life, from his childhood years through his imprisonment. He became terminally ill while incarcerated and died July 13, 2017.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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