how did the chinese authorities deal with him, post—tiananmen square?write, and although his job was taken away, he lost his lectureship at beijing university, he kept on writing. and his books, unfortunately, were banned in china. and most chinese do not know who he was. in a way, his impact in china was minimum. but his writing, in some ways, i think it should be one of his legacy is that they have been published. in the west, they are published. in the chinese language in taiwan. and they summarise his views of nonviolence, of reflection. liu xiaobo was a soft speaking intellectual. his work was very much on reflection. and his slogans, titles of books, include, we have no enemies and we do not have hatred will stop and he has very much call for a rethink of what chinese society should be and what can be. do you think that receiving the nobel peace prize was something which then protected him against the authorities? i mean, how would something like that be viewed by the chinese authorities? many people who grew up in china during the communist time,

liu dedicated his work on charter 08 to the matters of tiananmen square. today, eight years into his unjust imprisonment, dr. liu needs our help more than ever. last month, it was revealed that dr. liu has contracted an aggressive late-stage form of liver cancer. although the p.r.c. authorities, quote, released him on medical parole, both liu xiaobo and liu xia linger without freedom, and even worse, liu xiaobo is dying. his condition's critical, and we are running out of time to act on his behalf. although chinese authorities compelled thely. liu -- the lius to sign an affidavit allegedly contesting their satisfaction with the medical care they have received in china and their wish to remain there, liu xia has communicated to their attorney their desire to spend liu xiaobo's final days in america. p.r.c. doctors insist that dr. liu was too ill to travel, but medical experts from the u.s. and germany, one of them being dr. joseph herman of the m.d. anderson cancer treatment center of the university of texas visited dr. liu and attested to the contrary. iss

chinese dissident liu xiaobo, who took part in the tiananmen square protests and went on to win the nobeleace prize, has died aged 61. konta's biggest test, she's down a set and a break she's down a set and a break against five—time champion venus williams in her attempt to reach the wimbledon final. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has published a key part of its brexit strategy. the repeal bill will convert eu legislation into british law after brexit, giving uk parliament the power to change them. the brexit secretary david davis says the legislation will ensure we have a "fully functioning legal system" on leaving the eu. but opposition parties are warning they will vote against it, unless major changes are made. our political correspondent ben wright reports from westminster. voiceover: power is shifting. brexit will end the supremacy of eu law in the uk. but untangling a0 years of rules and regulations will be complex and contentious. the bill published today will eventually repeal this — the 1972 european communities act. it will also copy and paste existing e

liu xiaobo's cause was set in 1989 at the tiananmen square protest.ecure students safe passage out. before the army moved in to kill unknown numbers. many gave up but he stood firm. in an out ofjail gave up but he stood firm. in an out of jail for gave up but he stood firm. in an out ofjailfor demanding gave up but he stood firm. in an out ofjail for demanding political freedoms. translation: is a survivor of the tiananmen square democracy movement, ifeel i have a duty to uphold justice for those who died in that event. in 2010, he won the nobel peace prize but he was back in prison for subversion. an empty chair became a bad expression on chinese internet. his once irrepressible wife was placed under house arrest where she fell victim to depression. it was only two weeks ago the world learned of liu xiaobo's illness. hong kong, the one place in china citizens could call the his release. chinese censorship is formidable and few here know of liu xiaobo's life, his death or is nobel peace prize. many chinese see the 1—party state is an unavoidable pa rt

the tiananmen square democracy protests. he tried to secure students safe passage out.e army moved into kill unknown numbers. many gave up, but he stood firm. in and out ofjail, for demanding political freedoms. translation: as a survivor of the tiananmen square democracy movement, ifeel i have a duty to uphold justice for those who died in that event. in 2010 he won the nobel peace prize, but he was back in prison for subversion. "empty chair" became a banned expression on china's internet. his once irrepressible wife, lui xia, was placed under house arrest, where she fell victim to depression. it was only two weeks‘ ago the world learned of liu xiaobo's illness. hong kong, the one place in china citizens could call for his release. chinese censorship is formidable, and few here know of liu xiaobo's life, his death or his nobel peace prize. many chinese see the one party state as an unavoidable fact of life, and under the strong arm rule of president xijinping it has become even more dangerous to challenge that. liu xiaobo once warned, "if you want to enter hell, don't

the tiananmen square democracy protests. he tried to secure students safe passage out.army moved into kill unknown numbers. many gave up, but he stood firm. in and out ofjail, for demanding political freedoms. translation: as a survivor of the tiananmen square democracy movement, ifeel i have a duty to uphold justice for those who died in that event. in 2010 he won the nobel peace prize, but he was back in prison for subversion. "empty chair" became a banned expression on china's internet. his once irrepressible wife, lui xia, was placed under house arrest, where she fell victim to depression. it was only two weeks‘ ago the world learned of liu xiaobo's illness. hong kong, the one place in china citizens could call for his release. chinese censorship is formidable, and few here know of liu xiaobo's life, his death or his nobel peace prize. many chinese see the one party state as an unavoidable fact of life, and under the strong arm rule of president xijinping it has become even more dangerous to challenge that. liu xiaobo once warned, "if you want to enter hell, don't c

the tiananmen square democracy protests. he tried to secure students safe passage out.any gave up, but he stood firm. in and out ofjail, for demanding political freedoms. translation: as a survivor of the tiananmen square democracy movement, ifeel i have a duty to uphold justice for those who died in that event. in 2010 he won the nobel peace prize, but he was back in prison for subversion. "empty chair" became a banned expression on china's internet. his once irrepressible wife, lui xia, was placed under house arrest, where she fell victim to depression. it was only two weeks‘ ago the world learned of liu xiaobo's illness. hong kong, the one place in china citizens could call for his release. chinese censorship is formidable, and few here know of liu xiaobo's life, his death or his nobel peace prize. many chinese see the one party state as an unavoidable fact of life, and under the strong arm rule of president xijinping it has become even more dangerous to challenge that. liu xiaobo once warned, "if you want to enter hell, don't complain of the dark." he felt no ill—wi

he was a literary critic whojoined in 1989 protests around tiananmen square. passage for many students out of the square before the movement was crushed by the people's liberation army, leaving an unknown number of debt. but for his involvement in the demonstrations, he was jailed for the first time. for19 he was jailed for the first time. for 19 months. however his multiple incarcerations did not deter liu xiaobo, and in the year of the beijing olympics, he and other dissidents wrote a manifesto advocating sweeping changes to china's little system, called charter 08. translation: as a survivor of the democracy movement, i feel i have a duty to uphold justice for those who died in that event. it was too much for the chinese communist party, was taken away yet again. this time he got an 11 year sentence for inciting subversion of state power. he was imprisoned when he won the nobel peace prize, the chinese government reads the —— recently released these images of him as a way to show he was being well treated, but his health was gradually deteriorating. after b

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timing of his death is we forget that it's less than 30 years ago that the tanks rolled into tiananmen squareme. now we kind of have forgotten in some respects. we forget it was actually relatively re ce nt forget it was actually relatively recent and i think it is a reminder of that absolutely appalling time and it shows that freedom of expression is still heavily policed and you cannot say absolutely everything. we have been showing a report this morning in which it was spoken about the censorship of the one party status is accepted as a pa rt one party status is accepted as a part of life one party status is accepted as a pa rt of life by one party status is accepted as a part of life by so many in china and it is becoming more and more dangerous to challenge in recent yea rs, dangerous to challenge in recent years, because as you said the rest of the world is engaging more and more with china on economic terms but on a human level, the impressionist things are getting more difficult. we have the x, it has to be positive that we engage with china and in business terms, notjust business but

yes, i think no matter how much mark running in front of tiananmen square, april we will be awhile beforeter china —— mark. there are also countries with over 1 china —— mark. there are also countries with over1 billion, like india, indonesia, the philippines, and these are countries with huge populations and facebook has been doing a lot of work in india and trying to provide free internet. i think all of these moves will continue to help them to grow in terms of monthly active users, which will also equal advertising dollars for them. right, now let's talk about those advertising dollars, the majority of their money made from mobile advertising. where else can they look to continue to sustain this sort of growth? well, there are a few other things. facebook have not yet completely monetised on some things yet, one is whatsapp, the huge acquisition they made with whatsapp. they kept that intact, and iimagine whatsapp. they kept that intact, and i imagine once they start monetising whatsapp there will be huge opportunities. in other news, the chairwoman of hewlett—packa rd opportunities.

it was amid the brutal crackdown on tiananmen square in 1989 that liu xiaobo turn from academic to activist he was one of the thousands of young people demanding democracy. he was imprisoned and stripped of his teaching position but undeterred. in the mid-1990's, liu was sentenced to time in a reeducation camp, for he met his second wife and soulmate. if anything, his insect -- if his incarceration served only to embolden him. a prolific writer, liu xiaobo spent time between prison terms producing a series of books that extol the virtues of democracy, human rights, and free speech. but it was a manifesto for democracy called "charter 08" to lead to his longest and harshest punishment. outside china, his work was honored on the international stage. >> the committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize to liu xiaobo. reporter: liu was not allowed out of prison for the ceremony and was instead represented by an teacher. he remained little known in china, due to strict censorship. in late jujune, liu was moved under police guard from prison to a hospital after diagnosed with late stage li

was a leading dissident who came to prominence in 1989 during the pro-democracy protests in tiananmen square that were crushed by the chinese government. he spent much of his life in prison or under house arrest, and authorities would not let him out to accept his nobel peace prize. he was still in custody when he died of liver cancer today at the age of 61. >>> still ahead tonight, beyond the beaches. it's a popular activity for tourists at a leading caribbean destination, but this week it turned deadly. >>> also the handwritten call for help passed through the slot of an atm. we'll tell you how it turned out. >>> we're back with a popular pastime at an airport in the caribbean where people get incredibly close to jet airliners taking off to feel the powerful wind created by the thrust of the engines. but now for the first time that fun activity for tourists has turned deadly. we get more from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: on the caribbean island of st. maarten, it's been an unofficial tourist attraction for years, beach goers gathering right next to the airport runway watching planes

i blocked the suv look the chinese student stint tiananmen square and the cops tragged me off.r: curtis was charged with disorderly conduct and released a couple couple of houour later and looking fo something on him but could not find nothing. bill: exactly. >> reporter: he asked consider is to explain it to me a little bit. the mayor is upset with the candidate because he is also challenge him in the democratic primary, sew moved to the board of election, knocked out our mayor candidates. so what we said, with it a second, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. you knock out our guy. we are noing you out because you are on the working family's party line. i was ordered by a new york state supreme court judge personally to service the mayor. >> i asked consider is about new york city's subway because obviously, governor has declared a state of emergency for the system and asked what do you think about that? >> both the governor amadou and the mayor are missing in axe. you done see them riding the subway. they basically adone abandoned ship. the subway service is ge

mr liu, who's terminally ill with cancer, was a key leader in the tiananmen square protests back in 1989 nobel prize winner. the german government has accused china's state security of running his treatment rather than doctors. the chinese says it's a matter for them and no—one should interfere in china's affairs. julia macfarlane reports. he's china's most famous dissident, held since 2008 for cowriting a document calling for sweeping democratic reform in china. liu xiaobo is now dying of cancer and the circumstances of his treatment are causing international concern. the german embassy says the visit by a german doctor to treat him at this hospital in shenyang was filmed and released to the media. diplomats call that a breach trust, as backed up by angela merkel‘s spokesman. translation: i can assure you the tragic case of liu xiaobo is of great importance to the chancellor and she would hope for a sign of humanity for liu xiaobo and his family. in hong kong on monday, pro—democracy campaigners held a sit—in demonstration outside the chinese liaison office to demand the release of liu

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he has participated in the tiananmen square protests. he is a good friend of liu xiaobo.joining us. you have beenin thank you forjoining us. you have been in touch with liu xiabao's friends and family. western dock to say he can travel, the chinese say he cannot. what will happen here?|j think he cannot. what will happen here?” think the visit by two doctors, one from america and the other from germany, liu xiabao expressed his wish quite clearly that he and his wife wa nted wish quite clearly that he and his wife wanted to leave china to come either to the us or germany for medical treatment. the doctors issued a joint statement saying it issued a joint statement saying it is possible for liu xiabao to have a medical evacuation, but it needs to be done as soon as possible. the reaction of the chinese dog is say that his condition is not allowing him to travel. it is because of, they are not decision—makers... him to travel. it is because of, they are not decision-makers. .. why are chinese government officials so relu cta nt to are chinese government officials so relucta

he was first imprisoned in 1989 for involvement in the pro-democracy protests in tiananmen square. liu was behind bars in 2010 when he was awarded the nobel peace prize. his absence at the ceremony was marked by an empty chair. in essays he rejected hatred and fear, writing, "i have no enemies," but few in china know his story. the beijing government scrubbed all references to liu from the internet there. still ahead on the "cbs evening news," a new report says it's time to put the brakes on most high-speed police chases. and we'll remember a broadcasting pioneer. . ugh. nothing spoils a moment like heartburn. try new alka-seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. [ sings high note ] ultra strength, new from alka-seltzer. enjoy the relief. depression is a tangle of multiple symptoms. ♪ that's why there's trintellix, a prescription medication for depression. trintellix may help you take a step forward in improving your depression. tell your healthcare professional right away

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