Comments on: Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, Chinese Reactions

By: nobel is a murderer

nobel is a murderer — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:08:23 +0000

It seems somehow appropriate that, Nobel the inventor of the atomic bomb, would honor a war monger.

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:53:24 +0000

Mensa, you claim you have a high I.Q. but you still say stupid things.

By: Fulan

Fulan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:08:46 +0000

Why do they live in America and decide to become American citizens? Immigrants are what make America. When a Chinese born American citizen wins a Nobel prize an American wins a Nobel prize.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:06:14 +0000

@ A Chinese Man. Gao’s “Soul Mountain” is about daily Chinese life, told in a literary way.
It’s about a man who thought he had lung cancer, so he journeys to rural China to find the fabled mountain of Lingshan. It includes poetry and folklore.

It’s a pretty common theme for an epic — a man facing his mortality. You can find political meaning in anything if you look hard enough, but it’s not an overtly political work.

Your point seems to be that the Nobel committee awards dissidents for being dissidents. I think you’re missing the point.

The Nobel committee awards people for doing extraordinary work. Those who do so are often kicked out of regimes like China or the U.S.S.R. (Alot of Nobels have also gone to African writers who left for the West).

All great writers use their work to symbolize greater, usually political, happenings. Otherwise, their works would just be fairy tales, not literature.

Who do you want to win? Some hypothetical Chinese author writing about “daily life” with no other meaning, no symbolism, no political bent, no new ideas, no pushing the boundaries? Wow, that sounds like really boring book.

By: A Chinese Man

A Chinese Man — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:33:01 +0000

1, All the noble winners in literature and peace to USSR and PRChina.
They were either dissenter:
Pasternak -1958- for “Doctor Zhiwago”, dissenter
Solgenicin -1970 – famous dissenter, fled to US, then became dissenter to US.
Brodskiy -1987 – dissenter who fled away from USSR, then won prize.
Saharov -1975 – exiled by USSR, then won prize
Gao Xingjian -2000 – dissenter
Dalai Lama – 1989 – dissenter

Or who fought Communism from within:
Sholohov -1965- for “Тихий Дон” (conflict between Cossacks who fought for Zaar and for the Red Army)
Gorbachev -1990 – brought down communism

2, Let’s be hypothetical, if there’s a writer in China who can write like Shakespeare or Tolstoy (I know I’m not being modest), but he’s just writing about daily life rather than politics, do you think he’ll ever get a chance to get awarded?

I think you know the answer and my point.

By: Mensa.I.Q.150

Mensa.I.Q.150 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:31:18 +0000

you dumb fool XD.will americans ever get at list little brein? No NEVER!!!!XD how dumb are you? Obama is brainless.All american’s noble prizes were won by russians,chinese and jews who live in america.

By: Mensa.I.Q.150

Mensa.I.Q.150 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:19:11 +0000

how dumb are you? Obama is brainless.All american’s noble prizes were won by russians,chinese and jews who live in america.

By: Dani

Dani — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:42:29 +0000

I’m from America and still don’t think Obama deserved the noble peace prize.

By: Japanese reactions to Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize | Japan Probe

Japanese reactions to Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize | Japan Probe — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:44:39 +0000

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By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:08:46 +0000

Some people have claimed that giving the prize to Obama was merely a slap in the face to the Bush administration. But besides the colour of skin, what has changed since Bush?? It seems this isnt a prize for Obama, its a prize for George Bush.