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Liu Xiaobo

Here is the Dalai Lama not meeting with President Obama on February 5, 2015, in Washington. Instead, he is shaking hands with Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to the US president.

Meeting with the Dalai Lama can come with a price

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President Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama to a national prayer breakfast this morning in Washington. China is not happy about it. But will Beijing try to exact real punishment?

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China and others boycott Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

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Caught between Russian oil and EU trade, Ukraine now hopes to get both

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China’s fight against ‘radical thought’

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo

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Empty chair at Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

Conflict & Justice

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World’s Mary Kay Magistad in Beijing to find out whether people in China were able to follow the Nobel Peace Prize; it was awarded to imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo. His absence was marked by an empty chair.

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China still livid at Nobel winner

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China is still livid over the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident, Liu Xiaobo. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the big picture from The World’s Beijing correspondent, Mary Kay Magistad.

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Support for Nobel Peace Prize winner

Conflict & Justice

Jailed Chinese writer and civil rights activist Liu Xiaobo has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Chinese novelist, Diane Wei-Liang. The novelist herself is a veteran of the pro-democracy movement in China.

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Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel

Global Politics

Political activist Liu Xiaobo has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. One of China’s leading dissidents, he’s serving a prison sentence after helping write a manifesto which calls for political change in China. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports.

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