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Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China
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In December 2008 some 350 Chinese intellectuals published a manifesto calling for reform of the Chinese constitution and an end to one-party rule. Known as "Charter 08," the manifesto has since been signed by more...
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Price: £20.00
Pages: 381
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date:
01 July 2012
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9789888139071
Format: Paperback
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"This collection of deeply informed essays offers an extraordinarily rich, wide-ranging analysis of the many meanings of Charter 08 and Liu Xiaobo's trial. It explains the historical meaning of Liu's speech crime, the social and political contexts out of
"Can a professor of Chinese, by peacefully promoting a rational statement of principles of government, shake the foundations of a state that enjoys growing power, boasts vaulting wealth, and rules more than a billion people? Many foreign observers believe
"Can a professor of Chinese, by peacefully promoting a rational statement of principles of government, shake the foundations of a state that enjoys growing power, boasts vaulting wealth, and rules more than a billion people? Many foreign observers believe
Jean-Philippe B�ja is a senior research fellow at the Centre for International Studies and Research, Paris. Fu Hualing is a professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong. Eva Pils is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.