Zitat des Tages von Liu Xiaobo:
In the course of my life, for more than half a century, June 1989 was the major turning point. Up to that point, I was a member of the first class to enter university when college entrance examinations were reinstated following the Cultural Revolution (Class of '77).
My searing desire to atone for having survived helps me resist the temptations to join the world of lies.
The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible.
My dear, with your love I can calmly face my impending trial, having no regrets about the choices I've made and optimistically awaiting tomorrow.
I have viewed the West as if it were not only the salvation of China but also the natural and ultimate destination of all humanity.
I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes.
The free world led by the U.S. fought almost all regimes that trampled on human rights.
In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized.
I do my best to make every word from my pen a cry from the heart for the souls of the dead.
There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, become a nation ruled by law, where human rights reign supreme.
It took Hong Kong 100 years to become what it is.
From B.A. to M.A. and on to Ph.D., my academic career was all smooth sailing. Upon receiving my degrees, I stayed on to teach at Beijing Normal University.