Noble peace prize coverage

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  • Petitions urge Noble for Liu

  • the unusual opposition letter against Liu

  • 1. The prize goes to Liu 2. reaction from the society

    1. Chinese top officals, state media, famous advoctes. ordinary people sources are rare

  • China blocks the celebration

  • The wife is detained

  • China calls off meetings with Norway

  • China denounces the prize

  • Reaction from ordinary people

  • Other dissidents' open letters support Liu

  • The wife invites activist to the ceremony in Oslo

    143 were invited; symbolic

  • Ban Ki-moon dodges the conflict

  • China urges Europeans to boycott Ceremony

  • People's Daily denounce the prize as a political tool

    China's explict, deliberately response: the political card
    wild background: wield China's newfound economic muscle

  • advocates are barred in London airport

  • The awarding may be delayed

  • Ai Weiwei and Mao Yushi are barred from leaving the country

  • 19 countries won't attend the ceremony/ Confusious peace prize

  • CNN,BBC etc are blocked in China, a day before the ceremony

  • The award is given to an empty Chair

  • The propoganda is aimed at domestic audience

    deteriorated global image is not what China cares
    inside figure: most people don't know who Liu is
    “Although it is not clear exactly when the survey was taken, that figure was partly borne out Friday in conversations with more than three dozen people across the capital, many of them students at two of the country’s top universities.”