China - Responses to Liu Xiaobo's (刘哓波) Detractors

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The decision to award this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese political dissident who is serving an 11-year jail sentence, has prompted a great deal of comment and debate. Everyone is trying to understand the Nobel Committee's motives and the significance of its choice. In both China and the West, doubts have been expressed about the reasons and intentions behind this decision. Is Liu Xiaobo a man of peace? Isn't the Nobel Committee straying from the prize's original goal? Why (...)

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