I Have No Enemies

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I Have No Enemies is a moving biography of the courageous Liu Xiaobo. Told with affection, insight, and rich details, it shows how a restless boy gradually grew into a man who firmly believed in benevolence and love, "because love produces strength by binding people together." The fluid, exuberant, and well-textured prose make this book a pure pleasure to read. -- Ha Jin, author of <i>A Song Everlasting</i> This is an extraordinary work: a meticulous portrait of Liu Xiaobo, his intellectual and activist community, and a period in recent Chinese history notoriously hard to research. It is moving-and essential-reading, reflecting people's incredible tenacity in pursuing their rights and freedoms even in the face of unyielding repression. -- Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch and author of <i>China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence</i> This is sure to be the work of reference on Liu Xiaobo for many years to come. It is meticulously researched, drawing on unequaled access to sources close to Liu Xiaobo as well as a vast body of references that derive from deep familiarity with China's intellectual scene over the last fifty years. -- Sebastian Veg, author of <i>Minjian: The Rise of China's Grassroots Intellectuals</i> A moving and well researched biography... meticulously covers an incredible amount of extremely sensitive topics which range from corrupt officials, discrimination against various groups and heavy matters related to human trafficking and police brutality. * East West Notes * Meticulously researched and wonderfully crafted... -- Yang Su * Foreign Affairs * The best biography ever written on the Nobel Peace Prize laureate...an absolute must-read... -- Jean-Philippe Beja * The China Quarterly * A magisterial contribution to Chinese intellectual and political history...written clearly and straightforwardly enough to attract readers outside of academe. * MCLC / Modern Chinese Literature and Culture * During my many decades of studying and writing about China, I've digested thousands of novels and works of non-fiction in the field. But I cannot think of a book about contemporary Chinese political thought that has so drawn me into the narrative of one thinker's life as I Have No Enemies. -- Orville Schell * China Books Review * The definitive biography of the most famous dissent of the nearly seventy-five-year history of the People's Republic of China...a tour de force... -- Ian Johnson * New York Review of Books * Liu's prolific relations of amity, intellectual camaraderie, and rivalry also make Link and Wu's book a richer portrait of a movement and a moment than many single-person biographical works. -- Ed Pulford * Los Angeles Review of Books *