China still livid at Nobel winner
China is still livid over the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident, Liu Xiaobo. Today, Chinese authorities blocked the dissident’s lawyer from travelling overseas, ahead of the Nobel ceremony next month. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the big picture from The World’s Beijing correspondent, Mary Kay Magistad.
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