Norway criticized for Nobel Peace pick
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October 9, 2010, Saturday
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AWARDING the Nobel Peace Prize to China's Liu Xiaobo desecrated the prize and could harm China-Norway ties, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu yesterday.
Ma made the remarks in a press release after he was asked to comment on the award, which was announced earlier in Oslo, Norway.
Liu was sentenced to 11 years in jail last December 25 after a local court in Beijing convicted him of agitation aimed at subverting the government.
The Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to people who contribute to national harmony, country-to-country friendship, advancing disarmament, and convening and propagandizing peace conferences, Ma said. He stated this was the wish of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel prizes.
Ma said Liu was a criminal sentenced by the Chinese judicial authorities for violating Chinese law.
"What he has done is contrary to the purpose of the Nobel Peace Prize," Ma said.
The Nobel committee's decision to honor such a person ran contrary to and desecrated the prize, he said.
China and Norway have enjoyed sound development of bilateral ties in recent years. Ma said this was conducive to the fundamental interests of the two nations and their peoples.
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu might harm China-Norway ties, Ma said.
Ma made the remarks in a press release after he was asked to comment on the award, which was announced earlier in Oslo, Norway.
Liu was sentenced to 11 years in jail last December 25 after a local court in Beijing convicted him of agitation aimed at subverting the government.
The Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to people who contribute to national harmony, country-to-country friendship, advancing disarmament, and convening and propagandizing peace conferences, Ma said. He stated this was the wish of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel prizes.
Ma said Liu was a criminal sentenced by the Chinese judicial authorities for violating Chinese law.
"What he has done is contrary to the purpose of the Nobel Peace Prize," Ma said.
The Nobel committee's decision to honor such a person ran contrary to and desecrated the prize, he said.
China and Norway have enjoyed sound development of bilateral ties in recent years. Ma said this was conducive to the fundamental interests of the two nations and their peoples.
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu might harm China-Norway ties, Ma said.
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