SHENYANG, China: The Chinese hospital caring for cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has decided to invite US, German and other foreign experts to treat him in China following international pressure to let him go abroad.

The legal bureau of Shenyang—the northeastern city where Liu is being treated—said in a statement Wednesday the invitation was made “at the request” of Liu’s family.

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