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- ↑ Henley, Jon (10 December 2010) "A chair and a photo stand in for Liu Xiaobo at Nobel peace prize ceremony", The Guardian (UK)
- ↑ McKey, Robert (8 Oct 2010). Jailed Chinese Dissident's 'Final Statement', New York Times.
- ↑ Yu, Verna (11 December 2010) "Empty chair and a standing ovation in honour of Liu", South China Morning Post
- ↑ "Words of Chinese dissident read at Nobel ceremony". Reuters. December 10, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2019.