Why Liu Xiaobo Won’t Change China

In China’s 5,000-year history, Liu Xiaobo is the first to win a Nobel Peace Prize and be recognized by the government as a Chinese citizen (the Dalai Lama, for example, received the award but was not recognized as a citizen). However, because of his participation in creating the Nobel-winning Charter 08, Liu Xiaobo was charged with “inciting subversion of state [...]