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Authors ask Xi to free Nobel winner's widow

Liu Xia has undergone great suffering for many years, simply for being the wife of a man that China has deemed to be a...

4 Nov 2017 1:14 AM

China says the body of Liu Xiaobo, who died this week after a battle with liver cancer, has been cremated. The government of the city of Shenyang in northeastern China, where Liu was treated, said in a briefing that the cremation took place Saturday morning in a ceremony attended by family and friends. (Photo: AP)

Body of China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo cremated

Liu died from multiple organ failure on Thursday, having not been allowed to leave the country for cancer treatment.

15 July 2017 3:08 AM

Chinas Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo (Photo: AFP)

Liu's brave fight to the end

An empty chair at his Nobel award ceremony spoke more than what words would have conveyed for the battle of ideologies.

14 July 2017 6:48 PM

Chinas Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo (Photo: AFP)

China hits back at criticism over Nobel laureate's death

Britain hit out at China for preventing Liu Xiaobo from travelling overseas for treatment.

14 July 2017 9:26 AM

Protesters mourn jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP)

Chinese censors scrub emoji tributes to Nobel winner

China tightly controls the internet through a censorship system known as the 'Great Firewall' and closely monitors...

14 July 2017 8:50 AM

Protesters mourn jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP)

Chinese Foreign Ministry removes questions related to Liu Xiaobo from...

Liu was sentenced to 11 years in jail for his strident opposition to the one party rule of the Communist Party of China.

14 July 2017 6:31 AM

Berit Reiss-Andersen wrote in an email that the Chinese government bore heavy responsibility for Xiaobos death. (Photo: AP)

China responsible for Lui Xiaobo's premature death: Nobel committee

Norwegian Nobel Committee's leader said that Xiaobo should have been transferred to a facility for adequate medical...

14 July 2017 5:56 AM

Overall, US President Donald Trump proposed a massive reduction in American aid to South Asian countries. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump offers condolences to late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

'The President's heartfelt condolences go out to Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia, and his family and friends', said WH...

14 July 2017 6:04 AM

People place flowers and light candles in front of a picture of Liu Xiaobo, placed outside the Nobels Peace center in Oslo. (Photo: AP)

Chinese media calls late Nobel laureate 'political pawn of West'

Liu, a prolific essayist and literary critic, was serving an 11-year sentence for incitement to subversion.

14 July 2017 5:35 AM

Chinas Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo (Photo: AFP)

Jailed Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies at 61

The writer's death silences a government critic, who had been a thorn in the side of the authorities for decades.

13 July 2017 2:07 PM

A cardboard cut-out of Chinese President Xi Jinping holding a yellow umbrella, a symbol of the 2014 Umbrella Movement, is carried during a protest march in Hong Kong on Saturday coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the citys handover from British to the Chinese. (Photo: AFP)

Xi Jinping warns against crossing red line

President says challenge to China's control over Hong Kong absolutely impermissible.

2 July 2017 12:43 AM

Portrait of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and his detained wife Liu Xia at a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP)

China should allow 61-yr-old Nobel laureate's treatment abroad: US...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo was diagnosed with cancer while in prison for advocating democratic reforms.

28 Jun 2017 8:49 AM