Lee Edwards on Liu Xiaobo's Peace Prize and Chinese Totalitarianism: Heritage in Focus, October 11, 2010

Recorded on October 11, 2010

Lee Edwards discusses the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, with David Weinberger. To get regular updates on Heritage in Focus podcasts, visit our RSS feed or subscribe on iTunes.

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