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Nobel widow allowed to leave China after long house arrest

By GERRY SHIH and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

Participants hold photos of Liu Xiaobo, right, and his wife Liu Xia during a vigil honoring Liu Xiaobo's legacy and to protest continued human rights abuses in China, Thursday, July 13, 2017, in New York. China's most prominent political prisoner died Thursday of liver cancer at 61. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

The Latest: Liu Xiaobo’s body cremated in private ceremony

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Protesters mourn jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, on Thursday. He was died of liver cancer a few weeks after his release from prison. (Associated Press)

Liu Xiaobo’s death creates public outcry against China

By Nicole Ault - The Washington Times

In this recent undated handout photo, Chinese dissident and Nobel Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, left, is attended to by his wife Liu Xia in a hospital in China. The judicial bureau in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang says jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died of multiple organ failure Thursday, July 13, 2017, at age 61. (Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: Chinese media say Liu was victim misled by West

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FILE - In this April 2008 file photo shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as he poses for a photographer in China. The judicial bureau in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang says jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died of multiple organ failure Thursday, July 13, 2017, at age 61. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File)

Chinese political prisoner Liu Xiaobo dies at age 61

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and GILLIAN WONG and HAN GUAN NG - Associated Press

A protester displays a portrait of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Chinese doctors were working to treat critically ill Liu, as the government hardened its position against growing pleas to allow China's best-known political prisoner to leave for treatment overseas. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

China controls information about ailing Nobel Prize laureate

By GERRY SHIH - Associated Press

In this image taken from June 3, 2008, video, Liu Xiaobo speaks during an interview before his detention in Beijing, China. China's ailing Nobel Peace Prize laureate's health is further deteriorating as abdominal fluid accumulates, said a friend on Thursday, July 6, 2017, and the Chinese hospital that is treating him, adding to concerns about the long-term prognosis of the country's best-known political prisoner. (AP Photo)

Hospital: Ailing China Nobel laureate in critical condition

By GERRY SHIH and GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

In this image taken from Jan 6, 2008, video footage by AP Video, Liu Xiaobo speaks during an interview in his home in Beijing, China. According to a statement Friday, July 7, 2017, on the website of the First Hospital of China Medical University, the Chinese medical team charged with treating imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has stopped using cancer-fighting drugs so as not to overwhelm his severely weakened liver, raising concerns that China's most prominent political prisoner is critically ill. (AP Video via AP)

Foreign doctors deem ill Chinese Nobel laureate OK to travel

By GERRY SHIH - Associated Press

In this image taken from June 3, 2008, video, Liu Xiaobo speaks during an interview before his detention in Beijing, China. China's ailing Nobel Peace Prize laureate's health is further deteriorating as abdominal fluid accumulates, said a friend on Thursday, July 6, 2017, and the Chinese hospital that is treating him, adding to concerns about the long-term prognosis of the country's best-known political prisoner. (AP Photo)

Hospital: Chinese Nobel Peace laureate’s health worsens

By DIDI TANG - Associated Press

In this recent undated handout photo, Chinese dissident and Nobel Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, left, is attended to by his wife Liu Xia in a hospital in China. Liu Xiaobo has been released from prison on medical parole after being diagnosed earlier June 2017 with late-stage liver cancer and is being treated in a hospital in the northeastern city of Shenyang. He had been more than half-way through an 11-year sentence after being convicted in 2009 on subversion charges. (Photo via AP)

Liu Xiaobo case: China invites foreign experts to treat Nobel laureate

By Didi Tang - Associated Press

In this Thursday, June 29, 2017, photo, a video clip shows China's jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo lying on a bed receiving medical treatment at a hospital on a computer screen in Beijing. China says it has invited U.S. and German liver cancer experts to join a medical team treating imprisoned Liu. The judicial bureau for the northeastern city of Shenyang said Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in an online statement that Liu's family members made a request for foreign experts and Liu's medical team agreed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China invites foreign experts to treat Nobel laureate Liu

By DIDI TANG - Associated Press

In this recent undated handout photo, Chinese dissident and Nobel Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, left, is attended to by his wife Liu Xia in a hospital in China. Liu Xiaobo has been released from prison on medical parole after being diagnosed earlier June 2017 with late-stage liver cancer and is being treated in a hospital in the northeastern city of Shenyang. He had been more than half-way through an 11-year sentence after being convicted in 2009 on subversion charges. (Photo via AP)

Doubts arise over Chinese Nobel winner’s inability to travel

By DIDI TANG - Associated Press

A video clip shows China's jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo lying on a bed receiving medical treatment at a hospital on a computer screen in Beijing, Thursday, June 29, 2017. An online video without clear provenance but certainly shot by Chinese authorities has shown Liu thanking wardens for taking care of his health, in an apparent response to criticisms that Beijing has failed to provide sufficient health care to China's most prominent political prisoner. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China defends prison care of ailing Nobel Peace laureate Liu

By DIDI TANG - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, makes comments about pro-democracy activist and Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo during a photocall and remarks to journalists at the Ambassador's residence in Beijing, China, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. The newly arrived U.S. ambassador in Beijing says the Nobel Peace Prize laureate should be allowed to get treatment outside China after he was diagnosed with cancer while imprisoned for subversion. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China should allow Nobel laureate to get cancer treatment abroad, U.S. ambassador says

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

A statue of late paramount leader Mao Zedong looks over the complex of the China Medical University No. 1 Affiliated Hospital where imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo is believed to have been transferred to after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning province, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. The deteriorating health of China's best-known political prisoner was immediately met with dismay and anger by the country's beleaguered community of rights activists and lawyers, who called it a blow to the democracy movement. Chinese character at top right of building reads &quot;Oncology Hospital.&quot; (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Questions raised about Liu Xiaobo’s prison medical treatment

By DIDI TANG and MARK SCHIEFELBEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2010 file photo, a police officer stands guard beside a picture of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo outside the Chinese government liaison office in Hong Kong. Jailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu has been released on medical parole after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, his lawyer said Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China’s jailed Nobel Peace laureate given medical parole

By DIDI TANG - Associated Press

Secret video of China Nobel’s wife screens in NYC

By JAKE PEARSON - Associated Press

**FILE** In this image made Dec. 28, 2012, from a video and provided by Hu Jia via AP Video, Liu Xia (right), wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, reacts to an unexpected visit by a group of activists at her home in Beijing. (Associated Press/Hu Jia via AP Video)

Activist asks public to visit China Nobel wife

By Didi Tang - Associated Press

Activist asks public to visit China Nobel wife

By DIDI TANG - Associated Press

Chinese writer Yu Jie (AP photo)

Chinese dissident describes torture

By Ashish Kumar Sen THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times