No Enemies, No Hatred

{{Infobox book

|name = No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems

|title_orig = Ich habe keine Feinde, ich kenne keinen Hass {{small|(in German)}}

|image = No Enemies No Hatred book cover.jpg

|caption = 2012 cover design by Jill Breitbarth

|author = Liu Xiaobo

|country = China

|language = English

|editors = Liu Xia, Perry Link and Tienchi Martin-Liao
{{small|(foreword by Václav Havel)}}

|subject = {{hlist|Chinese politics|Human rights}}

|genre = {{hlist|Chinese literature|Literary criticism|Poetry}}

|media_type = Print (Paperback & eBook)

|cover_artist = Jill Breitbarth

|pages = 366

|publisher = Belknap Press

|pub_date = 2011

|english_pub_date = January 2012

|ISBN = 978-0-674-06147-7

|oclc = 1099185710

|congress = PL2879.X53A2

|dewey = 895.1452

|award = Prix Jan Michalski Nominee for Longlist (2011)

}}

No Enemies, No Hatred is a book by Nobel Peace Prize-winning writer and activist Liu Xiaobo which contains a wide selection of his writings and poetry between 1989 and 2009.{{cite journal|last1=Fisac|first1=Tatiana|title=Reviews: No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems, by Liu Xiaobo; Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China, edited by Jean-Philippe Béja, Fu Hualing, and Eva Pils|journal=The China Journal|date=January 2014|volume=71|pages=189–195|doi=10.1086/674582}} It was published in 2012 by the Belknap Press, an imprint of Harvard University Press. It was edited by Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao and Liu Xiaobo's wife Liu Xia,{{cite news|last1=Mirsky|first1=Jonathan|title=Liu Xiaobo's Plea for the Human Spirit|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/books/review/liu-xiaobos-plea-for-the-human-spirit.html|access-date=16 July 2017|work=The New York Times|date=30 December 2011}} and includes a foreword written by Václav Havel. The volume marks the inaugural English-language collection of Liu's work.{{cite news|last1=Owen|first1=Emily-Anne|title=No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems, By Liu Xiaobo, edited by Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao and Liu Xiay Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao and Liu Xia; June Fourth Elegies, By Liu Xiaobo, trans. Jeffrey Yang|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/no-enemies-no-hatred-selected-essays-and-poems-by-liu-xiaobo-edited-by-perry-link-tienchi-martin-7640218.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/no-enemies-no-hatred-selected-essays-and-poems-by-liu-xiaobo-edited-by-perry-link-tienchi-martin-7640218.html |archive-date=2022-06-21 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=16 July 2017|work=The Independent|date=12 April 2012}}

Reception

PD Smith of The Guardian wrote: "Liu's essays and poems [...] speak eloquently of his fearless commitment to defending human dignity, as well as his insight into China's history and culture."{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=PD|title=No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/21/no-enemies-hatred-liu-xiaobo-review|access-date=16 July 2017|work=The Guardian|date=21 June 2013}} Thor Halvorssen of Forbes called it "a provocatively sophisticated compendium of observations of contemporary Chinese authoritarian society".{{cite news|last1=Halvorssen|first1=Thor|title=Review: No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems by Liu Xiaobo|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/thorhalvorssen/2012/02/21/review-no-enemies-no-hatred-selected-essays-and-poems-by-liu-xiaobo/#707ea4254370|access-date=16 July 2017|work=Forbes|date=21 February 2012}} According to Jonathan Mirsky of The New York Times, "Liu demonstrates a considerable amount of anger while retaining his Gandhian nonviolent spirit".