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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Chinese media stay resolutely silent on Nobel winner

Imprisoned Liu Xiaobo wins one of the world's highest honors, but most of his countrymen have no idea. Web search engines return error messages for his name. The few who try to celebrate are arrested.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-dissident-20101010,0,1530440.story

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2010/press.html

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/china.nobel.wife/index.html?hpt=T2

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/08/nobel-peace-prize-what-picking-liu-xiaobo-means.html