Fury as jailed Chinese dissident wins Peace Prize

IMPRISONED Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for using non-violence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland.

Fury as jailed Chinese dissident wins  Peace Prize

The award ignited a furious response from China, which accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of violating its own principles by honouring “a criminal”.

Chinese state media immediately blacked out the news and Chinese government censors blocked Nobel Prize reports from internet websites. China declared the decision would harm its relations with Norway – and the Nordic country responded that was a petty thing for a world power to do.

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