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China's Influence Widens Nobel Peace Prize Boycott

Posted by timothy on from the friends-of-un-friends dept.

c0lo writes "Not only did China decline to attend the upcoming Nobel peace prize ceremony, but urged diplomats in Oslo to stay away from the event warning of 'consequences' if they go. Possibly as a result of this (or on their own decisions), 18 other countries turned down the invitation: Pakistan, Iran, Sudan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, the Philippines, Egypt, Ukraine, Cuba and Morocco. Reuters seems to think the 'consequences' are of an economic nature, pointing out that half of the countries with economies that gained global influence during recent times are boycotting the ceremony (with Brazil and India still attending)."

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  1. We won't miss them by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That list is almost a Who's Who of world assholes.

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  2. Consequences by chebucto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    IMHO this is the consequence of turning the peace prize into a political too. Kissinger? Arafat? Bad enough to have warmongers who happened to make peace. But the Obama prize was the worst. I like Obama myself, but he did _nothing_, good or bad, to deserve that prize. It completely discredited the institution. At this point I wouldn't be too sorry to see it go.

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  3. Re:Creating own award by TheLink · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The reality is- we changed it because it doesn't work. China hasn't learned that yet, but if history is anything to go by - they will.

    I think you ignore the fact "if history is anything to go by" China has had emperors for thousands of years.

    This democracy thing is quite "untested" in comparison.

    There were countries with democracies in the past and they too collapsed or were destroyed.

    India is a democracy, it's not proven that it will do significantly better than China in the long run.

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