Putin awarded Chinese version of Nobel prize
Putin beat candidates such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Yuan Longping, a Chinese agricultural scientist, to take the Confucius Peace Prize, said Qiao Damo, one of the organisers.
The prize emerged last year, when it was suddenly announced by the group two days before jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel to Beijing’s anger, sparking speculation it was set up with the government’s guidance.
