| Abstract | The two essays by Liu Xiaobo reprinted in this issue were witten in 1989 and 1994 respectively. They are both concerned with the relationship between Chinese culture and the West. The first deals with modes of critical thinking, and the second with the problem of the nationalism of the dominant elites in China. Both, therefore, bring sharply into focus the underlying problems faced by all those who, like Liu himself, are trying to promote individual liberty and independent thinking in China. |
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