Stanford Keeps Li Rui's Diaries, Preserving Chinese History

0:00On April 1st, a California court just ruled that Stanford University gets to keep the personal diaries of the rowy, a high-ranking Chinese official who once served as secretary to Mao Zedong and later became a fierce critic of the Communist Party. Lee's daughter started donating the diaries to Stanford's Hoover Institution back in 2014, while he was still alive saying it matched his. Exact wishes to preserve his writings outside China. After Lee died, his widow sued to get them back and ship them to Beijing, claiming they included private family matters that embarrassed her, but A, prior Chinese court sided with her on that front. Stanford fought hard, calling it a stand-again censorship, since the diaries hold raw first-hand accounts of modern Chinese history, including Lee's, eyewitness view of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, he called Black Weekend. This win means those sensitive records stay open for researchers worldwide, honoring Lee's push to keep his unfiltered story alive despite the risks. Back home, World News, powered by AI, this is Global News Today.