Support for China's Nobel stance
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December 8, 2010, Wednesday
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MORE than 100 countries and organizations have expressed support for China's stance on this year's Nobel Peace Prize, China said yesterday.
The prize was awarded to convicted Chinese criminal Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in jail on December 25 last year after a Beijing court convicted him of violating Chinese law and engaging in activities aimed at overthrowing the government.
"As far as I know, at present more than 100 countries and organizations have expressed explicit support for China opposing the Nobel Peace Prize,'' Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular news briefing.
"This fully shows that a majority of members of the international community do not accept the wrong decision of the Nobel Committee."
"After the ceremony, you can see that the vast majority of the international community will not attend the ceremony. Some countries have resident missions in Norway, they will not send representatives to the ceremony," she said.
The spokeswoman didn't name those countries or organizations which she said would skip the ceremony.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that 19 states including China would miss the ceremony. It said that in addition to China, countries declining invitations to attend were: Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Serbia, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, the Philippines, Egypt, Sudan, Ukraine, Cuba and Morocco.
The committee also said that the embassies of South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India, Brazil and South Africa had said they would attend the ceremony.
Algeria and Sri Lanka did not reply to the committee.
Jiang reiterated that the Nobel Committee's award of the peace prize to a criminal such as Liu was an affront to China's "legal sovereignty."
"All policies in China are for the interests of the majority of the Chinese people," she said.
"We will not change because of some wind blowing the grass and because of the interference of some clowns who are anti-China."
"Those who think they can change China by pressuring it with tricks typical of the Cold War era are too naive," Jiang added.
The prize was awarded to convicted Chinese criminal Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in jail on December 25 last year after a Beijing court convicted him of violating Chinese law and engaging in activities aimed at overthrowing the government.
"As far as I know, at present more than 100 countries and organizations have expressed explicit support for China opposing the Nobel Peace Prize,'' Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular news briefing.
"This fully shows that a majority of members of the international community do not accept the wrong decision of the Nobel Committee."
"After the ceremony, you can see that the vast majority of the international community will not attend the ceremony. Some countries have resident missions in Norway, they will not send representatives to the ceremony," she said.
The spokeswoman didn't name those countries or organizations which she said would skip the ceremony.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that 19 states including China would miss the ceremony. It said that in addition to China, countries declining invitations to attend were: Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Serbia, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, the Philippines, Egypt, Sudan, Ukraine, Cuba and Morocco.
The committee also said that the embassies of South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India, Brazil and South Africa had said they would attend the ceremony.
Algeria and Sri Lanka did not reply to the committee.
Jiang reiterated that the Nobel Committee's award of the peace prize to a criminal such as Liu was an affront to China's "legal sovereignty."
"All policies in China are for the interests of the majority of the Chinese people," she said.
"We will not change because of some wind blowing the grass and because of the interference of some clowns who are anti-China."
"Those who think they can change China by pressuring it with tricks typical of the Cold War era are too naive," Jiang added.
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