měi美fǎ guān法官cái jué裁决：lǐ ruì rì jì李锐日记yóu由hú fú yán jiū suǒ胡佛研究所bǎo guǎn保管
A judge in California, USA, ruled that the original diaries and letters of the late Chinese scholar Li Rui can continue to be kept by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and can also be made available for public reading.
Before his death, Li Rui hoped his daughter Li Nanyang would donate these materials to the Hoover Institution, but his widow Zhang Yuzhen later filed a lawsuit demanding the return of these documents.
The judge believes that Li Nanyang's actions are legal and also align with Li Rui's own wishes.
These materials span a long period and record Li Rui's views on Chinese history and politics, including his observations on the 1989 events.
The judge also stated that if these materials were kept in China, they might be censored, so the US court does not accept related Chinese rulings.
The Hoover Institution said this ruling allows important historical materials to be freely researched.
Li Rui once served as Mao Zedong's secretary and later publicly opposed using force to handle the democracy movement.