Liu Xiaobo Controversy

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The Chinese government is afraid that Liu’s writings would continue to cause protests and violence. Liu’s involvement in the human rights movement had disturbed the social order that the Chinese government put into place and the government would not accept this. This is why the Chinese government tried to silence Liu Xiaobo by banning the publication of his writing, barring him from public speaking and locking him behind bars. Locking him behind bars has caused some controversy within the Chinese leadership. Lui Xiaobo was used as an example to show the people what the government would not allow. There was controversy because he was the leader of the human movement in which many people were either a part of or agreed with its objectives.

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