He may have died of Cancer, but while being denied proper care, serving an 11 year prison sentence for what amounts to an attempt of speech. And its censorship appears to have mostly worked for its intended audience. Truly a sad conclusion.

He is the only noble laureate died in jail after world war II. The one before him was died in a jail of nazi Germany.

In case someone wants to learn more about the work that got him imprisoned but also won him the Nobel Prize, start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_08

For all the criticism that the USA is receiving recently, I am sure the world would be a worse place if China was the most influential country in the world (which they are trying become) instead of the USA.

Liu died and everyone came out to consume his death. I bet no non-chinese here knows what exactly he promoted in his political campaign, including his controversial arguments. Nobel Price committee conveniently ignored his support of invasion of Iraq. Yet the supporters of Chinese govt. forgot the piece got him into jail is, in fact has no contradiction to the Chinese law. He was a flawed man but should've enjoyed a longer life. RIP

Dear greedy elites, Stop manufacturing in Communist China.