Liu Xia, that the medical team assembled by China’s government was doing its “utmost” for her husband. However, in a subsequent statement that was ignored by Chinese media, the German and ...

It is not even guaranteed that his wife will have the chance to say goodbye. Liu Xia has been under house arrest since a few months after his detention, under the most punitive conditions.

He was also a deft, moving poet. A vast number of his poems were written for his wife, Liu Xia, whom he married while he was serving a three-year sentence labor camp in 1996. Liu died under guard ...

Eva Dou is a former China political news reporter for the Wall Street Journal in Beijing.

The U.S. Secretary of State publicly called for Liu Xiaobo's release - for the fifth straight year.