China's Influence Widens Nobel Peace Prize Boycott

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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Re:Consequences

[geoffrobinson]

Henry Kissinger actually worked out an agreement for peace for South Vietnam. The Congress pulled all support out from under the South Vietnamese and then thousands and thousands were slaughtered, the region plunged into darkness, and who knows how many were tortured and imprisoned.

Yay for simplistic peace activists!