No enemies, no hatred : selected essays and poems / Liu Xiaobo ; edited by Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao, and Liu Xia ; with a foreword by Va\0301clav Havel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Xiaobo, 1955-

Contributor:

Link, Perry, 1944-

Martin-Liao, Tienchi.

Liu, Xia, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese essays--21st century.

Chinese essays.

Essays--21st century.

Essays.

Chinese poetry--21st century.

Chinese poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on December 10, 2010, its recipient, Liu Xiaobo, was in Jinzhou Prison, serving an eleven-year sentence for what Beijing called "incitement to subvert state power." In Oslo, actress Liv Ullmann read a long statement the activist had prepared for his 2009 trial. It read in part: "I stand by the convictions I expressed in my 'June Second Hunger Strike Declaration' twenty years ago-I have no enemies and no hatred. None of the police who monitored, arrested, and interrogated me, none of the prosecutors who indicted me, and none of the judges who judged me are my enemies."That statement is one of the pieces in this book, which includes writings spanning two decades, providing insight into all aspects of Chinese life. These works not only chronicle a leading dissident's struggle against tyranny but enrich the record of universal longing for freedom and dignity. Liu speaks pragmatically, yet with deep-seated passion, about peasant land disputes, the Han Chinese in Tibet, child slavery, the CCP's Olympic strategy, the Internet in China, the contemporary craze for Confucius, and the Tiananmen massacre. Also presented are poems written for his wife, Liu Xia, public documents, and a foreword by Václav Havel.This collection is an aid to reflection for Western readers who might take for granted the values Liu has dedicated his life to achieving for his homeland.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD / Havel, Václav

INTRODUCTION

PART I. POLITICS WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS

LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE VOICES OF THE TIANANMEN MOTHERS

TO CHANGE A REGIME BY CHANGING A SOCIETY

THE LAND MANIFESTOS OF CHINESE FARMERS

XIDAN DEMOCRACY WALL AND CHINA'S ENLIGHTENMENT

THE SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPE OF THE URBAN YOUNG IN POST-TOTALITARIAN CHINA

BELLICOSE AND THUGGISH

STATE OWNERSHIP OF LAND IS THE AUTHORITIES' MAGIC WAND FOR FORCED EVICTION

A DEEPER LOOK INTO WHY CHILD SLAVERY IN CHINA'S "BLACK KILNS" COULD HAPPEN

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE "WENG'AN INCIDENT"

PART II. CULTURE AND SOCIETY

EPILOGUE TO CHINESE POLITICS AND CHINA'S MODERN INTELLECTUALS

ON LIVING WITH DIGNITY IN CHINA

ELEGY TO LIN ZHAO, LONE VOICE OF CHINESE FREEDOM

BA JIN

THE EROTIC CARNIVAL IN RECENT CHINESE HISTORY

FROM WANG SHUO'S WICKED SATIRE TO HU GE'S EGAO

YESTERDAY'S STRAY DOG BECOMES TODAY'S GUARD DOG

LONG LIVE THE INTERNET

IMPRISONING PEOPLE FOR WORDS AND THE POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION

PART III. CHINA AND THE WORLD

BEHIND THE "CHINA MIRACLE"

BEHIND THE RISE OF THE GREAT POWERS

THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S "OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL SYNDROME"

HONG KONG TEN YEARS AFTER THE HANDOVER

SO LONG AS HAN CHINESE HAVE NO FREEDOM, TIBETANS WILL HAVE NO AUTONOMY

OBAMA'S ELECTION, THE REPUBLICAN FACTOR, AND A PROPOSAL FOR CHINA

PART IV. DOCUMENTS

THE JUNE SECOND HUNGER STRIKE DECLARATION

A LETTER TO LIAO YIWU

USING TRUTH TO UNDERMINE A SYSTEM BUILT ON LIES

CHARTER 08

MY SELF-DEFENSE

I HAVE NO ENEMIES

THE CRIMINAL VERDICT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674071940

0674071948

9780674063112

0674063112

OCLC:

773672019