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China Anti-Graft Watchdog Probes Politburo Member

The Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog has launched an investigation into a Politburo member who was once...

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Chinese Police Guard Late Dissident’s Home, Empty Or Not

At a small park outside the Beijing home of late Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, security officers sat around a...

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Chinese City Leadership Shake-Up Signals Xi Power Play

A sudden leadership change in one of China's biggest cities has highlighted President Xi Jinping's ambition to...

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Fate of Chinese Dissident’s Widow Worries Friends

Friends of the late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were worried about the fate of his widow on Sunday, with no signs that...

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China Cremates Body of Nobel Laureate and Dissident Liu Xiaobo

The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his...

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China’s Late Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Cremated

The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday after a ceremony attended by his wife and...

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US Lawmakers Hit Beijing At Hearing On Liu Xiaobo’s Death

US congressional Democrats and Republicans condemned Beijing on Friday over the recent death of Liu Xiaobo, saying the...

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Looking For Liu Xiaobo? Chinese Police Keep Close Watch

A group of plainclothes officers appeared like ghosts from behind tombstones next to the crematorium where the body of...

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The Unpolitical Poet Who Became A Dissident’s Wife

After her democracy activist husband was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, Liu Xia was elated. "I'm so excited,...

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Tiananmen Leader Says World Failed To Save Mentor Liu

Exiled Tiananmen Square student protest leader Wu'er Kaixi said on Friday the world had "failed to save" Nobel peace...

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China Rejects Foreign Criticism Over Liu Xiaobo Death

China has rejected international criticism for not allowing its most prominent critic, Liu Xiaobo, to be treated abroad...

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Pain Runs Deep For Taiwan Artists 30 Years After ‘White Terror’

When saxophonist Chen Shen-ching was jailed during Taiwan's "White Terror" political purges, it was music that helped...

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World Reacts With Praise, Sadness To Liu Death

The world hailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo as a brave fighter for human rights after his death from...

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Beijing ‘killed’ Liu Xiaobo

Chen Guangcheng, one of China's best-known activists who fled to the United States, charged Thursday that Nobel peace...

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Trump, Macron Avoid Criticism of China’s Xi

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart offered praise for Xi Jinping at a press conference Thursday, but...

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Liu Xiaobo’s Family By His Side When He Died

The family of China's Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo was by his side when he died on Thursday after his...

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Chinese Dissident Liu Devoted Life To Betterment of Mankind

The United States mourned the death of imprisoned Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo Thursday and called on China to free the...

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China Under Pressure To Free Ailing Nobel Laureate

China faced sustained international pressure on Thursday to let cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo seek...

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‘Concerned’ US Urges Release of China’s Nobel Laureate

The US government expressed concern Wednesday about the status of China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and urged Beijing...