Nobel crackdown in China

Nobel crackdown in China. An insightful piece for the record.

Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan reports [note: links added]

“For the first time since 1936, the Nobel Peace Prize won’t be handed over to the winner himself, Liu Xiaobo, or a member of his family.

That year, it was pacifist Carl von Ossietzky living in Nazi Germany who couldn’t attend.

In 2010, Communist China is the obstacle.

An uncomfortable comparison.

Ever since the Nobel announcement, China has responded angrily.

Putting not only Liu Xiaobo’s wife under house arrest, but human rights activists everywhere.

Even limited discussions in the country about political liberalization have been censored since the Nobel announcement.“