China lets doctors see imprisoned Nobel laureate
BEIJING — American and German specialists saw imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo on Saturday and confirmed that he is in the final stages of terminal liver cancer, the hospital treating him said.
China allowed the two doctors to travel to the city of Shenyang to see the country’s most prominent political prisoner following international criticism of Beijing’s handling of Liu’s illness.
The First Hospital of China Medical University said in a statement that the two foreign experts “fully affirmed” Liu’s treatment plan so far, but that Liu’s prognosis was grim.
Beijing has come under criticism from Western governments for not fully releasing Liu, who was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer in May while serving an 11-year sentence for inciting subversion by advocating sweeping political reforms.