Liu Xia, widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner and dissident Liu Xiaobo, is in New York to see her friend Liao Yiwu receive an award from the Václav Havel Library Foundation. Photo: AP Liu Xia, widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner and dissident Liu Xiaobo, is in New York to see her friend Liao Yiwu receive an award from the Václav Havel Library Foundation. Photo: AP
Liu Xia, widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner and dissident Liu Xiaobo, is in New York to see her friend Liao Yiwu receive an award from the Václav Havel Library Foundation. Photo: AP
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Liu Xia, widow of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo, arrives in New York for human rights events

First formal appearance since leaving China expected to be at panel discussion and awards ceremony hosted by Vaclav Havel Library Foundation

Topic |   Human rights in China
Mimi Lau
Mimi Lau

Updated: 10:49pm, 26 Sep, 2018

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Liu Xia, widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner and dissident Liu Xiaobo, is in New York to see her friend Liao Yiwu receive an award from the Václav Havel Library Foundation. Photo: AP Liu Xia, widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner and dissident Liu Xiaobo, is in New York to see her friend Liao Yiwu receive an award from the Václav Havel Library Foundation. Photo: AP
Liu Xia, widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner and dissident Liu Xiaobo, is in New York to see her friend Liao Yiwu receive an award from the Václav Havel Library Foundation. Photo: AP
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