Nobel Peace Prize Puts Spotlight On China's Human Rights Violations

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THE euphoria overseas and in some domestic circles at dissident Liu Xiaobo's winning of the Nobel Peace Prize has failed to mask deeper unease that his victory will likely bring little change in Communist Party-ruled China.

Liu, 54, has been a thorn in the government's side since 1989 when he joined student protesters on a hunger strike days before the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement, and he has been in and out of jail ever since.

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Nobel Peace Prize Puts Spotlight On China's Human Rights Violations

Yet in today's booming and bustling Beijing - with its luxury boutiques, well-dressed residents and sleek, new subwa...

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