International Law,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 20, 2024
Chinese party critic wanted papers housed at Stanford, daughter testifies
Trial began Monday in Oakland in a dispute over the papers and diaries of Li Rui, a personal secretary to Mao Zedong.
The daughter of a Chinese politician who was a vocal critic of the ruling Communist Party broke down in tears on the witness stand Monday as she described her father's time in a labor camp, advocating for his original manuscripts to be archived by Stanford University.
Nanyang Li promised her father, Li Rui, that she would faithfully transcribe his writings and carry on his legacy, she testified on behalf of the university. Li added that her father was left angry and humiliated...
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