A Chinese democracy activist serving an 11-year jail sentence for subversion has won the Nobel Peace Prize, an award that delivers a stinging criticism of the Chinese political system.
The Nobel committee said that Liu Xiaobo, 54, who was sentenced last December, had demonstrated “a long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”.
By awarding the prize to Mr Liu, the Nobel committee has reinvigorated the clash of ideas between the human rights and democracy agenda promoted by most developed countries and China’s authoritarian model that has produced rapid and sustained economic growth.
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