Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident and writer serving an 11-year jail sentence, has won the Nobel Peace Prize in a piercing criticism of the Chinese political system.
The Nobel committee said on Friday that Mr Liu, who was sentenced last December on charges of “incitement to subvert state power”, had demonstrated “a long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”.
The Chinese foreign ministry quickly denounced the award as an “obscenity” and said that it could harm diplomatic relations between China and Norway. “Liu Xiaobo is a criminal who has been sentenced by Chinese judicial authorities for violating Chinese law,” the ministry said.
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