What's behind 'enshrining' Liu Xiaobo?
In typical examples, someone from the former Soviet Union were awarded the Peace Prize.
After the fall of the former Soviet Union, however, the Nobel Committee has shifted its focus onto other parts of the world, and this year it has targeted China.
China believes in a peaceful world order, but China never allows others to interfere in its domestic affairs.
"We never interfere in other's internal affairs, and will not allow others to interfere in ours; China's affairs should be left to Chinese people themselves," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said recently.
At a regular news briefing in Beijing last week, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said the Nobel Committee's decision is tantamount to overt support for criminal activities in China, which is "flagrant defiance" and "gross interference" in China's judicial system.
"The issue of Liu Xiaobo is not a matter of free speech and human rights. It is a matter of respecting other countries' judicial rights and how to view China's development path and social system," she said.
Over the past decades, China has pursued the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and China has so far become the world's second biggest economy.
Whether the Chinese model is a success or not, China's development is the best answer, and the 1.3 billion Chinese people have the biggest say. China does not need any outsiders to lecture it.
By establishing the Peace Prize, Mr. Nobel intended to encourage the building of bridges, respect, cooperation and understanding among nations.
China has long pursued a policy of peace and development, striving to build a harmonious world order. So China's policy accords with Mr. Nobel's wish, while the Nobel Committee distorts it.
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