Writer Liao Yiwu Threatened By Chinese Government, Leaves For Germany

Writer Liao Yiwu Threatened By Chinese Government, Leaves For Germany

BEIJING — An outspoken Chinese writer and government critic has left his homeland for Germany after police repeatedly threatened him with imprisonment to prevent him from publishing any more of his controversial works overseas.Liao Yiwu arrived in Berlin two days ago at the end of a secretive journey that included transfers in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and Warsaw, Poland, the writer said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.Read More... More on Tiananmen Square

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