China, 18 others to skip Nobel Peace prize party
BJOERN H. AMLAND Associated Press= OSLO, Norway (AP) — China and 18 other countries have declined to attend this year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Nobel officials said Tuesday as China unleashed a new barrage deriding the decision. Chinese officials in Beijing called Liu’s backers “clowns” in an anti-Chinese farce — comments that came only three days before the Dec. 10 Nobel peace prize ceremony in Oslo. Beijing considers Liu’s recognition an attack on China’s political and legal system, and says the country’s policies will not be swayed by outside forces in what it calls “flagrant interference in China’s sovereignty.” Liu, 54, is serving an…
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