Liu Xiaobo: A Reader [updating]

A syllabus of key articles concerning Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Authored by: Liu Xiaobo; the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court; the Norwegian Nobel Committee; 23 Chinese Communist Party elders; Professor Gao Mingxuan of Renmin University of China Law School (interviewed); 15 past Nobel Peace Prize Laureates; and Liu Xia, the wife of Liu Xiaobo.

1. "我没有敌人──我的最后陈述" ("I Have No Enemy -- My Final Statement"), by Liu Xiaobo, December 23, 2009.

2. 刘晓波判决书，北京市第一中级人民法院 (Verdict of the Liu Xiaobo case, by the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court), December 25, 2009.

3. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2010, by The Norwegian Nobel Committee, October 8, 2010.

4. "Why We Gave Liu Xiaobo a Nobel," by Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, October 22, 2010.

5. “执行宪法第35条，废除预审制，兑现公民的言论出版自由――致全国人民代表大会常务委员会的公开信”， 李锐、胡绩伟等23位中共元老，October 11, 2010. (An open letter signed by 23 Chinese Communist Party elders calling for an end to censorship. See "Chinese Elders Blast Censorship," the Wall Street Journal, October 14, 2010.)

6. "“因言获罪”是对刘晓波案判决的误读"， 新华网，October 25, 2010. (An interview of Professor Gao Mingxuan 高铭暄, renowned criminal law scholar at Renmin University of China.)

7. "15 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Call on World Leaders to Urge Chinese President Hu Jintao to Release Nobel Peace Prize Laurate Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia," October 25, 2010.

8. "给晓波朋友们的公开邀请函"， 刘霞, October 20, 2010. (Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo's wife invites 143 Chinese activists, academics and celebrities to the award ceremony in Oslo. See report in the New York Times, October 26, 2010.)