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2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

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Re: 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

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Post by sasvari »

lovskogen wrote: post #9
sasvari wrote: post #8

It will be interesting to see whether China is going to follow through with their threat to downgrade their political relations with Norway now.

Could you elaborate? I live in Norway, but isn't known to the China-Norway political relations.

The director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute says a high-ranking Chinese official has warned him that giving the peace prize this year to a Chinese dissident would harm relations between Norway and China.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAekET4T1D...

Re: 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

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Post by superos »

sasvari wrote: post #8

It will be interesting to see whether China is going to follow through with their threat to downgrade their political relations with Norway now.

This is not an award given by the Norwegian government. It is given by the independent Norwegian Nobel Committee. If the means anything for the chinese I don't know, but it is a huge difference with regard to the two countries political relations.

Re: 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

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Post by sasvari »

superos wrote: post #13
sasvari wrote: post #8

It will be interesting to see whether China is going to follow through with their threat to downgrade their political relations with Norway now.

This is not an award given by the Norwegian government. It is given by the independent Norwegian Nobel Committee. If the means anything for the chinese I don't know, but it is a huge difference with regard to the two countries political relations.

Chinese foreign policy is not always following rational paths in regard to Western standards. And this constellation is exactly why I wonder if they make their threat true or not.

Re: 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

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Post by marte »

ars wrote: post #7
user24 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think one spleling mistake is enough to condemn a site as fake. It's clearly legitimate; highest rank on google for "nobel", listed on wikipedia as the official site, etc etc etc

It wasn't the spelling mistake, it was the complete lack of content. I would expect more of a writeup of why they they are giving it to him, etc, etc. The spelling mistake really caught my eye though - it just seemed unprofessional. It's just not what you expect when you hear "Nobel prize".

It's there, the UI just obscures it. It's actually an accordion and when you click "The Nobel Peace Prize 2010" tab you can see more like the "Press Release".

Regarding the typo: it happens all the time to all kinds of sites.

Re: 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

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Post by Hagelin »

superos wrote: post #13
sasvari wrote: post #8

It will be interesting to see whether China is going to follow through with their threat to downgrade their political relations with Norway now.

This is not an award given by the Norwegian government. It is given by the independent Norwegian Nobel Committee. If the means anything for the chinese I don't know, but it is a huge difference with regard to the two countries political relations.

Yes, an independent committee whose "five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament and roughly represent the political makeup of that body”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Nobel_Committee

Re: 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

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Post by sbt »

I don't think the Nobel committee has ever given out the price without having been slammed by someone or some government. The price is political so it's no wonder. Apparently, Chinese foreign affairs has already stated that this may damage Chinese-Norwegian relations (sorry no citation). Of course, equating the Nobel committee with the Norwegian government is as wrong as equating a newspaper editor printing Islamic cartoons with it, then torching down an embassy.

Re: 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

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Post by sasvari »

sbt wrote: post #18

I don't think the Nobel committee has ever given out the price without having been slammed by someone or some government. The price is political so it's no wonder. Apparently, Chinese foreign affairs has already stated that this may damage Chinese-Norwegian relations (sorry no citation). Of course, equating the Nobel committee with the Norwegian government is as wrong as equating a newspaper editor printing Islamic c…

here's your citation:

Chinese Foreign Ministry: The Nobel Committee awarding Liu this prize, which runs contrary to the principle of the Peace Prize, will bring damage to two-way relations.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11499931

Re: 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo

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Post by est »

sasvari wrote: post #19
sbt wrote: post #18

I don't think the Nobel committee has ever given out the price without having been slammed by someone or some government. The price is political so it's no wonder. Apparently, Chinese foreign affairs has already stated that this may damage Chinese-Norwegian relations (sorry no citation). Of course, equating the Nobel committee with the Norwegian government is as wrong as equating a newspaper editor printing Islamic c…

here's your citation: Chinese Foreign Ministry: The Nobel Committee awarding Liu this prize, which runs contrary to the principle of the Peace Prize, will bring damage to two-way relations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11499931

here is the official citation

http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/gxh/tyb/fyrbt/t759532.htm

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