On the homepage, we have an editorial about Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese democracy leader and political prisoner who has died at 61. As the editorial points out, he was like Havel — but Havel lived to emerge from prison and be elected president of his …
On the homepage, we have an editorial about Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese democracy leader and political prisoner who has died at 61. As the editorial points out, he was like Havel — but Havel lived to emerge from prison and be elected president of his (free) country. Liu was snuffed out before that could happen.
The Chinese democrats seem few and embattled; the grip of the Chinese Communist Party seems strong. But life is long — of the world, if not of individual men. At what proved to be his final prison sentencing in December 2008, Liu Xiaobo said, “I believe that my work has been just, and that someday China will be a free and democratic society.
