"Liu Xiaobo deserves our support today" - Nobel chair says after drawing comparisons to Nazi Germany, USSR, apartheid South Africa.
2010-12-10 21:14:57#emptychair Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Chinese activist Xiaobo http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11967657 http://twitpic.com/3elq4s
2010-12-10 21:16:07As colleague points out, Nobel Committee not directly criticizing Chinese government, just pointing out the company they've put selves in.
2010-12-10 21:16:19John Ralston Saul in da house. #onlyforcanadianfollowers
2010-12-10 21:17:04Together? Tell the paparazzi! RT @klustout In the audience... Denzel Washington and controversial Tiananmen student leader Chai Ling
2010-12-10 21:18:24Liu's punishment made him "very symbol... of non-violent struggle forr rights in China," Nobel chair says.
2010-12-10 21:20:07"We can say Liu reminds us of Nelson Mandela" - Nobel chair.
2010-12-10 21:20:24Nobel speech is an angry kick back at two months of slander from Beijing.
2010-12-10 21:21:06"Economic success lifted several hundred million Chinese out of poverty... we commend, congratulate China for this achievement."
2010-12-10 21:22:41「【ノーベル平和賞授賞式】英語圏のジャーナリストのtweets #emptychair 空椅子」をトゥギャりました。 http://togetter.com/li/77477
2010-12-10 21:23:44Two empty blue chairs beside Nobel chair Jagland as he speaks, one for Liu Xiaobo, the other for his wife Liu Xia.
2010-12-10 21:24:19