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Chinese foreign minister categorically said that nobel prizes are not given based on potentials but on politics, he cited the example of Dalai lama for this reason.This seems to be quite frustrating for the communist government to accept the reality of world view regarding china.The Nobel nomination of Chinese is hurting China most, because it is going to expose the atrocities of chinese authority.
The Chinese foreign ministry said some past choices had gone against the prize's original purpose of promoting world peace and human progress.
The award went to the Dalai Lama 19 years ago, and dissidents Hu Jia and Gao Zhisheng are on this year's list.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human rights.
Stein Toennesson, who leads the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, says a Chinese dissident is hotly tipped to win.
"The Olympic Games did not bring the improvement many had hoped for, but instead led to a number of strict security measures," Mr Toennesson told AP news agency.
Of the nearly 200 nominees for the Peace Prize, Hu Jia is seen as the most likely contender.
A democracy and Aids activist, Mr Hu is the best-known of China's imprisoned dissidents.
He is credited with chronicling instances of abuse and alerting both fellow Chinese human rights activists and foreign news organisations.
He was convicted last April of inciting subversion, and is now serving a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence.
His wife has been placed under house arrest.
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