The Chinese newspaper The Global Times reported that "the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Liu Xiaobo, an incarcerated Chinese criminal", and says the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize is "a disgrace".
- The Nobel committee once again displayed its arrogance and prejudice against a country that has made the most remarkable economic and social progress in the past three decades, the paper writes in its Saturday editorial.
- The Nobel Prize has been generally perceived as a prestigious award in China, but many Chinese feel the peace prize is loaded with Western ideology, according to The Global Times.
And the paper continues: - Obviously, the Nobel Peace Prize this year is meant to irritate China, but it will not succeed. On the contrary, the committee disgraced itself.
- The award however makes it clearer that it is difficult for China to win applause from the West during China's development, and China needs to be more determined and confident in choosing its own development path, which is different from Western approach.
- The Nobel committee made an unwise choice, but it and the political force it represents cannot dictate China's future growth.
- China's success story speaks louder than the Nobel Peace Prize, The China Global Times concludes.
On Friday, the Norwegian ambassador to China, Svein O. Sæther, was called to a meeting at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There the Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister expressed China's displeasure over Liu Xiaobo being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, NRK reports.
(The Global Times/NRK)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (photo)were present when the UN Security Council Chamber in New York was reopened after the renovation.
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Friday was the nomination deadline for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. One of the hottest candidates is a 15-year-old student from Pakistan.
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Before he headed back to Germany after the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations, President of the EU, Martin Schulz requested a special visit to Utøya, the scene of the July 22nd massacre in Norway.
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During their stay for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, the EU leaders discussed the economic situation in Europe, at a working lunch hosted by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
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More than 20 EU heads of state and government leaders were present at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at the Oslo City Hall on Monday. Present were also King Harald and members of the Royal Family.
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The Norwegian police estimate that they will be spending between NOK 10 and 17 million on security precautions in connection with the Nobel Peace Prize festivities in Oslo this week.
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The Oslo police have imposed a ban on all non-commercial air traffic over the Norwegian capital during the Nobel Peace Prze celebrations next week. The air force will monitor the air space.
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Roughly two weeks before the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in Oslo, the police still do not know who will attend the ceremony, and what level of security they will require.
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Norway officially became a member of the Asia-Europe Meeting process during the opening ceremony of the 9th ASEM Summit in Vientiane, Laos on Monday. (Photo: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg)
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Even though the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, over 70 per cent of Norwegians remain opposed to EU membership.
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In Norway, only one out of four is positive to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union, according to a poll made for Aftenposten by ResponsAnalyse .
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