Wife of Chinese Nobel Prize Winner Placed Under House Arrest 4.52K Jeff Neumann 10/10/10 03:48PM Filed to: prisoners prisoners China Nobel Peace Prize Liu Xiaobo Liu Xia Ap pic Liu Xia, wife of jailed Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, told her husband of his award, and he cried and said, "This is for the martyrs of Tiananmen Square." Shortly after leaving, Liu Xia was detained.