The army generals who control China were incensed when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a citizen they hold in their dungeons. Liu Xiaobo is currently serving an 11-year sentence for inciting subversion after co-authoring “Charter ’08”, a petition for political reform. China wrote letters to all foreign embassies in Oslo warning them not to attend the award ceremony and claimed that “the vast majority of the international community” would boycott the event. But 44 embassies accepted the invitations to Oslo City Hall. The Communist bullies have failed in their attempts to get the ceremony canceled.

“I would like to say to those at the Nobel committee, they are orchestrating an anti-China farce by themselves,” said a Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman. “We are not changing because of interference by a few clowns and we will not change our path.”

Some countries though have caved in to the demands of the Communist thugs who posture as a legitimate government. Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Serbia, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, the Philippines, Egypt, Sudan, Ukraine, Cuba and Morocco all did as China commanded and refused the invites. (Two countries have not replied at all. ) An interesting collection, and one that shines some light on just how important the concept of freedom of political expression is to the leaders of those countries.

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