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Letter to U.S. President Barack Obama
Letter to U.S. President Barack Obama Julie Harms November 17, 2009, Beijing Dear Mr. President, As an American citizen, and a frequent visitor to China, with strong connections to both countries, I fully support your effort to engage China as a strategic partner and ally. I hope that you will take...
November 17, 2009
Open Letter
Relevant Chinese Law
Freedom of Speech Constitution of the People’s Republic of China 1
April 9, 2010
China Rights Forum
Liu Xiaobo
Beijing Municipal People’s Procuratorate Branch No. 1 -- Indictment
December 10, 2009 Criminal Indictment (2009) No. 247 Beijing Municipal People’s Procuratorate Branch No. 1 Defendant Liu Xiaobo: male; born December 28, 1955; identification number 210203195512285575; PhD education; Han ethnicity; unemployed; registered residence: 2-1-2 No. 5 Qingchun Street,...
April 9, 2010
China Rights Forum
Liu Xiaobo
Concerning the Incitement to Subvert State Power Case of Liu Xiaobo
Defense Statement of the First Instance Translation by HRIC, based on a translation by Wen Huang. The Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court, Criminal Justice Court No. 1 1 The Honorable Presiding Judge and Judicial Officers:
April 9, 2010
China Rights Forum
Liu Xiaobo
The Negative Effects of the Rise of Dictatorship on World Democratization
Liu Xiaobo 2006 Translated by HRIC, based on a translation by Paul Frank. When the Communist Party of China (CPC) boss Hu Jintao made his first official visit to the United States [in April 2006], he followed the old low-key pragmatic approach the CPC regime had adopted in its relations with the U...
April 9, 2010
China Rights Forum
Liu Xiaobo
The CPC’s Dictatorial Patriotism
Liu Xiaobo 2005 Translation by HRIC, based on a translation by Wen Huang. A nation is composed of its people. People are the mainstay of a nation; they are also the source of national sovereignty and the owners of national interests. In a rational political system, the political power is conferred...
April 9, 2010
China Rights Forum
Liu Xiaobo
The Many Aspects of CPC Dictatorship
Liu Xiaobo 2006 Translation by HRIC, based on a translation by Paul Frank. Although the CPC regime of the post-Mao era is still a dictatorship, it is no longer fanatical, but rather, a rational dictatorship that has become increasingly adept at calculating [its] interests. Particularly after the...
April 9, 2010
China Rights Forum
Charter 08
December 9, 2008 Translation by HRIC I. Preamble This year marks 100 years since China’s [first] Constitution, 1 the 60th anniversary of the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Democracy Wall, and the 10th year since the Chinese...
April 9, 2010
China Rights Forum

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