Liu Xiaobo has received money from the American government for years:1. Grants from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a US government entity, to «Minzhu Zhongguo» or «Democratic China, Inc.», where Liu Xiaobo is the founder.
2005: $136,000
2006: $136,000
2007: $145,000
2008: $150,000
2009: $195,000 + $18,000 (supplement): $213,000
2010: $220,000; http://www.ned.org/region/asia/china-2010/
Total sum from NED to «Democratic China, Inc.»: $1,000,000
2. Liu Xiaobo has also received money from National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as president of «Independent Chinese PEN Centre, Inc.»:
2005: $99,500
2006: $135,000
2007: $135,000
2008: $152,350
2009: $152,950
2010: $170,000; http://www.ned.org/region/asia/china-2010/
Total sum from NED for «Independent Chinese PEN Centre, Inc.»: US $844,800
Total support from NED during these six years is US$1,844,800, which is about 14 million yuan – a huge sum of money in China – where salaries at that time were about 25% of the level in the West. In addition Liu and his staff has probably also received training from the same people.
