Intellectuals held in China crackdown after Liu Xiaobo gets Nobel peace prize

More than 30 Chinese intellectuals have been detained, warned or placed under house arrest in a crackdown aimed at stifling celebration following the award of the Nobel peace prize to the imprisoned democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo. There are concerns for the laureate's wife, Liu Xia, who has not been seen since she went to visit her husband in Jinzhou prison earlier today, and whose phone line has b

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More than 30 Chinese intellectuals have been detained, warned or placed under house arrest in a crackdown to stifle celebration of the Nobel peace prize being awarded to the imprisoned democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo.