From Liu Xiaobo’s 2006 article, “Can it be that the Chinese People Deserve Only ‘Party-Led Democracy’?”:
“For the emergence of a free China, placing hope in the ruler of a ‘New Deal’ is an idea far worse than placing hope in the continuous expansion of the ‘new force’ among the people.”
This poem by Liu Xiaobo was dedicated to his wife Xia
Longing to Escape
abandon the imagined martyrs
I long to lie at your feet, besides
being tied to death this is
my one duty
when the heart’s mirror-
clear, an enduring happiness
your toes will not break
a cat closes in behind
you, I want to shoo him away
as he turns his head, extends
a sharp claw toward me
deep within his blue eyes
there seems to be a prison
if I blindly step out
of with even the slightest
step I’d turn into a fish |
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