China invites foreign experts to treat Nobel laureate Liu
BEIJING — China has agreed to allow liver cancer experts from the U.S., Germany and other countries to join a medical team treating imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, amid international criticism of Beijing’s handling of his case and calls for him to be allowed to be treated abroad.
The judicial bureau in a northeastern city where Liu is being treated said Wednesday Liu’s medical team agreed to a request by Liu’s family members for foreign experts to be consulted. Liu, China’s best-known political prisoner, is being treated at a Shenyang hospital for late-stage liver cancer diagnosed in late May.
The bureau said in an online statement that the invited experts were “the most authoritative liver cancer treatment experts,” but gave no other details. Other countries whose experts had been invited weren’t named.
In an emailed statement, the German foreign ministry in Berlin said it supports a humanitarian solution and hopes Liu will get the medical treatment he needs.