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Chinese Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang announces retirement - CNN
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Olympic medal. A Shanghai native, the 31-year-old Liu trained as a high jumper initially but switched to hurdling. The move paid off. Liu first made it to the world stage in by winning the 110-meter hurdles at the East Asian Games and World University Games. He also reached the semifinals of the ...
Liu Xiaobo Supporters Step Up Pressure on China to Free His Widow
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She last appeared in a video clip, released by Shenyang authorities, in which she seemed to openly agree to have Liu's body cremated and ashes scattered at sea during a sea burial on Saturday — two days after the 61-year-old Liu died of terminal liver cancer in state custody. A sea-burial deprives his ...
Did dissident Liu Xiaobo die for nothing? | The Japan Times
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The 61-year-old Liu, a former literary critic and high-profile champion of human rights and non-violent resistance, spent the last eight years of his life behind bars on trumped-up charges of “subversion.” His real offense was to call for democracy in China. Even before his imprisonment, he faced constant ...
Coach Liu never lost faith in Zhang's fighting spirit - Reuters
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Finding the right words to comfort a player after a loss is one of the tougher parts of a coach's job, so 37-year-old Liu had to get creative last year as Zhang suffered a crisis of confidence that pushed her to the brink of quitting. Zhang slumped to her 14th successive first-round exit at the grand slams at the ...
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