18 countries have followed China’s lead in refusing to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony; what are their motivations? And how is all of this going over with the Nobel Prize committee?
Remembering and forgetting Tiananmen Square
Liu Xiaobo Commemorates Tiananmen with ‘June Fourth Elegies’
We continue our coverage of Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned Chinese dissident who was announced this morning as the winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. To learn more about Liu, we speak with a man who has known him for over 20 years.
Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize while serving 11 year sentence in China
Paul Martin, director of Human Rights Studies at Barnard College at Columbia University, joins us for more about Liu Xiaobo, and an analysis of the political implications of the Nobel Committee’s decision.
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.
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.
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.
