Liu Xiaobo and “Charter 08”: Freedom of Expression and Cultural Relativism

Late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo represents the fate of a typical case of a dissident in contemporary China under the Communist regime. The Communist China regime always defends against any criticism of its human rights records, in particular freedom of expression cases like Liu Xiaobo, an...

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Published in:	Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal
Main Author:	Patrick Kar-wai Poon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	National Sun Yat-sen University 2018-07-01
Subjects:	China censorship freedom dissidents
Online Access:	http://rpb115.nsysu.edu.tw/var/file/131/1131/img/2374/375717122.pdf

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