Liu Xiaobo, 61, a Chinese political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died Thursday, The Guardian reports. Chinese officials released a statement confirming his death Thursday evening, ...

China calls selection of jailed dissident a "desecration" of the prize. BEIJING Oct. 8, 2010— -- Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today, angering China ...

A new display on the 1989 massacre is set to open in Manhattan, two years after a Tiananmen museum closed in Hong Kong. By Lola Fadulu and Ashley Southall American companies continue to build ...

Vaclav Havel, who died yesterday, will perhaps be remembered most of all for his role in the civic initiative Charter 77, which led to his country’s Velvet Revolution and inspired dissidents ...

There are very few icons in the chronicles of the Chinese struggle against state repression. This meticulously researched and wonderfully crafted biography will help change that. Liu Xiaobo, a Nobel ...