China to hand out its own peace prize
Beijing (CNN) — China is all set to give out its own first-ever peace prize Thursday, a move apparently to counter the Norwegian Nobel committee’s choice of imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as this year’s laureate. Organizers told CNN they will present the Confucius Peace Prize — which comes with an award of $15,000 — in Beijing to promote the ancient sage’s philosophy, a day before the Nobel committee honors Liu in Oslo. “China is a great nation that has been influenced by the Confucian concept of peace for a long time,” said Tan Changliu, chairman of…
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