Ian Johnson |
DW:
"The German government is one of the few major Western governments that is still actively pursuing a human rights agenda," said Ian Johnson, a Beijing-based, Pulitzer Prize-winning author who also spoke at the ceremony. "The US has retreated to just trade issues, the same with the UK."
Johnson added that the service would encourage people in China "who are fighting for a more open society to know that there's a church full of people commemorating Liu Xiaobo here."More at DW.
You can read a translation of Ian Johnson's eulogy at the ChinaFile here:
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Ian Johnson at Friday's meeting in Berlin |