Journey of Liu Xiaobo

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She is vice president emeritus of PEN International and served as chair of PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee while Liu was imprisoned. Leedom-Ackerman later served as the International Secretary of PEN International in the same years Liu Xiaobo was president of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC). Yu Zhang is a Chinese citizen based in Sweden. As a scholar, editor, and translator, he is the coordinator of the ICPC’s Writers in Prison and the Freedom to Write Committee and served as secretary-general of the ICPC during the years Liu was president of the center. Jie Li is a Chinese American librarian, editor of the Democratic China English website, and a former volunteer for the ICPC. Tienchi Martin-Liao is a Chinese German author, editor, and translator and the president of the ICPC.

“One of the strengths of The Journey of Liu Xiaobo is the probity and conviction of its articles, all but five of which were translated from Chinese into English. Many of the authors didn’t just know Liu intimately but clearly display a deep knowledge of Chinese politics and culture.”-Ajay Singh, South China Morning Post Magazine “This invaluable book shows the range and depth of Liu Xiaobo’s interests, concerns, and thoughts. It helps us know this remarkable man intimately. As a document, this book bears another kind of witness, both personal and historical.”-Ha Jin, author of Waiting, winner of the National Book Award “The late Nobel Peace Prize laureate comes alive in these intimate recollections and thoughtful reflections, contributed by dozens of his friends and admirers-many of them, like Liu, heroes of the long, hard Chinese struggle for democracy.”-Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University “Through this book Liu Xiaobo lives on and will surely have increasing impact!”-Jerome Cohen, senior fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations “This collection reminds us of Liu’s immense contributions to the cause of democracy and human rights in China. The Journey of Liu Xiaobo provides a moving and informative account of Liu’s evolution from an iconoclastic literary critic to a noble political thinker and fearless freedom fighter.”-Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College “Provocative, challenging, elegiac: the essays in The Journey of Liu Xiaobo capture the intellectual and activist spirit of the late literary critic and democracy icon. With contributions from a Who’s Who of China’s democracy movement and its global supporters, the essays speak to Liu’s role in political debates during his life and carry that legacy into the future. The collection is a fitting tribute to a man who hoped he would be ‘the last victim of China’s endless literary inquisitions.’”-Ken Roth, executive director, Human Rights Watch “The Journey of Liu Xiaobo traces the life of the talented writer, thinker, and activist whose commitment to freedom for himself and his society set him at odds with the formidable Chinese regime. Through these essays of friends and scholars, the reader learns about Liu Xiaobo from his youth, follows his actions and his thinking as it develops into a commitment to nonviolent change. Though Liu Xiaobo is no longer with us, his ideas and his vision endure and will influence generations to come.”-Jennifer Clement, president, PEN International

• List of Illustrations    Acknowledgments    Introduction: Unity of Knowledge and ActionEditor’s Note    Joanne Leedom-AckermanForeword    The Dalai LamaThe Passion of Liu Xiaobo    Perry LinkLiu Xiaobo’s Spiritual Heritage    Zhang ZuhuaDemocracy’s Iron Man    Cui WeipingOn the Causes of Controversies about Liu Xiaobo    Yan JiaqiA Brief Biography of Liu Xiaobo    Yu ZhangWhy Lui Xiaobo Matters: Black Hand behind a Red WallOn the Liu Xiaobo Incident    Yu Ying-ShihLiu Xiaobo’s Death as an Event of Human Spirit    Teng BiaoLiu Xiaobo, a Moral Giant of China’s Democratic Transition    Yang GuangFor Whom the Bell Tolls    Hu PingLiu Xiaobo and His Political Views    Bao TongLiu Xiaobo on the Front Line of Ideas    Joanne Leedom-AckermanHe Walked the Path of Kang Youwei and Shed the Blood of Tan Sitong    Wang DanRemembering a Hero and a Martyr    Carl GershmanChinese Culture’s Backbone    Qian YuejunYouth and University Days: Innocent Hearts to Dark HorseLiu Xiaobo’s Resistance    Shao JiangThe Last Idealist    Wang WeiI Look Forward to a Magnificent Farewell    Ai XiaomingUnfinished Journey    Mo ZhixuLiu Xiaobo Turned Radical Suffering into Calm    Su XiaokangA Formidable Personality    Jean-Philippe BÉjaTiananmen Square and After: No EnemiesIn Memory of My “Best Friend,” Liu Xiaobo    Zhou DuoLiu Xiaobo, Who Has Ascended the Altar    Yi PingThe Values of Peace and Reason Are Eternal    Wu ZuolaiLiu Xiaobo and His View of “No Enemies”     Jin ZhongLiu Xiaobo, An Eternal Monument    Pan YongzhongPoems    Shi TaoPoems    Xu LinThe Well after Its Name Has Left: In Memory of a Departed Poet    Zi KangMessage to Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia    Tiananmen MothersPolitics, People, and PEN: Facing up to and Resisting RealityOur Last Parting Unexpectedly Became Our Final Farewell    Wang DebangMissing My Good Friend Liu Xiaobo    He DepuMourning Little Brother Xiaobo    Cary S. HungSome Recollections of Liu Xiaobo    Zhao DagongA Prisoner on His Road    Ye DuLiu Xiaobo and I    Liu DiThe Most Forgiving Opposition    Zheng YiThe Liu Xiaobo I Knew    Cai ChuXiaobo, Tonight I Light a Cigarette for You    Emily WuLiu Xiaobo, Me, and Independent Chinese PEN Center    Qi JiazhenBeing-toward-Death: Remembering Xiaobo    Xiao QiaoChina’s Free Spirit    Qin GengThe Final Farewell    Yu JianrongProfound Memories to Be Cherished Forever    Yan JiaweiTwofold Grievous News, Nothing Can Top It    Wang JinboCharter 08: No HatredLiu Xiaobo’s Self-Cultivation in Suffering    Xu YouyuDeeply Concerned for Liu Xiaobo, on the Verge of Death    Jiang QishengOn One of Liu Xiaobo’s Ideological Legacies    Pei YiranMourning Liu Xiaobo    Sun WenguangWhat Liu Xiaobo Means to Hong Kong    Albert Ho Chun-yanWhy I Follow Mr. Liu Xiaobo    Lu YangLiu Xiaobo Is a Hero to Hongkongers    Tsoi Wing-MuiSalute Liu Xiaobo!    Zhao ChangqingNobel Peace Prize: Empty ChairThe Nobel Peace Prize for 2010    Norwegian Nobel CommitteeA Good Choice of Nobel Prize for Xiaobo    Sha YexinThe Spirit of Liu Xiaobo’s “No Enemies” Will Exist Forever in Japan    Makino Seishu and Wang JinzhongChina Will Face Dilemma and Inconsistency between the Nobel Prizes for Literature and Peace: One Thought after the Death of Liu Xiaobo    Hori TakeakiBeing-toward-Death: Torch in the DarknessXiaobo and His Era    Yu JieA Life like a Symphonic Poem: Farewell to Liu Xiaobo    Tienchi Martin-LiaoLiu Xiaobo Had a Dream    Kaiser Abdurusul ÖzHunAscending the Altar: Mourning Liu Xiaobo    Chen KuideTwo or Three Things about Liu Xiaobo    Ai WeiweiLiu Xiaobo’s Death and Chinese Regime’s Fear    Andrew J. NathanLiu Xiaobo’s Fight for Freedom    Louisa Greve“They Killed Him”: Denial of Medical Care in China and the Literary Conscience    James TagerRemembering Liu Xiaobo    Hu JiaElegy for Liu Xiaobo    Liao YiwuRebirth    Tsering WoeserMy Brother, Why Have You Gone to Die?     Du DaobinPoems    Li YongshengConclusion: Heart to HeartPoems    Liu XiaPreface to Liu Xia’s Photo Album    Liu XiaoboAppendixXiaobo, a Meteoroid in Darkness    Independent Chinese PEN CenterLiu Xiaobo-An Exceptional Life, Always Remembered    PEN InternationalChinese Publisher’s Afterword    Wang TianchengTo Those Gathered for the Book Launch of Essays Commemorating Liu Xiaobo and Dialogue on His Legacy    Marco Rubio and Chris SmithLetter of Thanks to PEN International Congress    Liu XiaAdditional Statements    Books by Liu Xiaobo    Liu Xiaobo’s Awards and Honors    Chronology    Charter 08    I Have No Enemies: My Final Statement    Liu XiaoboList of Contributors