Just as Czechoslovakia’s communist government once imprisoned Havel for daring to dream of a civil society and a true constitution of liberty for his country, China’s government has imprisoned Liu for attempting something similar, with his Charter 08 appeal, modeled on Czechoslovakia’s Charter 77.
正如前捷克斯洛伐克的共产党政府曾因哈维尔胆敢追求一个公民社会以及真正自由的制度而将他投入监狱那样，中国政府也以类似的原因逮捕了刘晓波，而他发起的《零八宪章》正像是前捷克斯洛伐克《七七宪章》的翻版。