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Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for "inciting
subversion of state power" after he helped write a petition
known as "Charter 08" calling for sweeping political reforms.
He was recently moved from jail to a hospital in China's
northeastern city of Shenyang to be treated for late-stage liver
cancer and the hospital said it had invited doctors from the
United States and Germany to help with Liu's treatment.
In a short statement, the hospital said that Joseph M. Herman of
the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in the United States and Markus
W Büchler of Germany's University of Heidelberg had seen Liu on
Saturday afternoon, a consultation also attended by the Chinese
experts treating him.
The team listened to his medical history, heard a report on his
treatment, visited Liu and met his relatives and then discussed
his illness, the hospital said.
"The U.S. and Germany experts fully approved of the treatment by
the national experts group and what they had done," it added.
The patient has received a high level of care, but he has
late-stage liver cancer which has spread and is in its final
stages, the hospital said, adding it is looking at medical
options to raise his chances of survival.
Calls have grown from rights groups, international bodies and
western governments for China to allow Liu to travel with his
wife Liu Xia to be treated overseas.
Diplomatic sources in Beijing say China has been nervous that
the concerns over Liu could overshadow President Xi Jinping's
appearance at a summit of the Group of 20 nations in Hamburg,
Germany, which ends later on Saturday.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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