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I’m sad for my friend Liu Xiaobo, and for a China that can’t cherish its finest

I’m sad for my friend Liu Xiaobo, and for a China that can’t cherish its finest

Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize and one of China’s greatest thinkers and pro-democracy activists, is in dire health, diagnosed with terminal liver cancer after serving nine years out of an 11-year sentence for “inciting subversion of state power.” I found out about my friend’s illness on Monday (June 26), as information…