Remembering Liu Xiaobo

In 2010, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who had called for political reforms in China for decades. At the time of his award, he was incarcerated as a political prisoner in China, and was unable to attend the peace award ceremony. Liu Xiaobo, died Thursday, July 13 at age 61 while on medical parole in China, where he was being treated for liver cancer. He was 7 years into an 11-year prison sentence for trying to overthrow the Chinese government. In this rebroadcast of our 2012 program, we talk with poet Jeffrey Yang who is editing a collection of Xiaobo's poetry to learn more about the prize winner's life and commitment to peace. Also Chinese writer Tienchi Liao, a literary colleague of Xiaobo, details Xiaobo's key role in the Tiananmen Square turmoil of 1989, and offers perspective on Xiaobo's political writing. Paul Ingles hosts.