Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China /

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On the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Charter 08, a manifesto asking for the transformation of the People's Republic into a Federal Republic based on separation of powers, a multi-party system, and the rule of law, was sent to the Chairman of the People'...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Otros Autores: Pils, Eva, Fu, Hualing, Beja, Jean-Philippe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong, China : Hong Kong University Press, 2012
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Liu, Xiaobo, > 1955- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Human rights movements > China > History > 21st century.
Intellectuals > Political activity > China > History > 21st century.
Political activists > China > History > 21st century.
China > Politics and government > 2002-
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part one: Liu Xiaobo and the crime of inciting subversion
  • 1. Is jail the only place where one can "live in truth"? Liu Xiaobo's experience / Jean-Philippe Beja
  • 2. The sky is falling: inciting subversion and the defense of Liu Xiaobo / Joshua Rosenzweig
  • 3. Criminal defense in sensitive cases: Yao Fuxin, Yang Jianli, Jiang Lijun, Du Daobin, Liu Xiaobo, and others / Mo Shaoping, Gao Xia, Lü Xi, and Chen Zerui
  • 4. Breaking through the obstacles of political isolation and discrimination / Cui Weiping
  • Part two: Charter 08 in context
  • 5. Boundaries of tolerance: Charter 08 and debates over political reform / Pitman B. Potter and Sophia Woodman
  • 6. The threat of Charter 08 / Feng Chongyi
  • 7. Democracy, Charter 08, and China's long struggle for dignity / Man Yee Karen Lee
  • 8. Charter 08 and Charta 77: East European past as China's future? / Michaela Kotyzova
  • Part three: Charter 08 and the politics of Weiquan and Weiwen
  • 9. Challenging authoritarianism through law / Fu Hualing
  • 10. Popular constitutionalism and the constitutional meaning of Charter 08 / Michael W. Dowdle
  • 11. Charter 08 and violent resistance: the dark side of the Chinese Weiquan movement / Eva Pils
  • 12. The politics of Liu Xiaobo's trial / Willy Wo-Lap Lam
  • 13. The political meaning of the crime of "subverting state power" / Teng Biao
  • Appendix: Charter 08
  • Notes
  • Index.

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