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Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland holds up on October 8, 2010 a photograph of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
Friday, Dec. 03, 2010

Open quoteIt is difficult to maintain friendly relations with Norway.Close quote

  • JIANG YU,
  • a spokeswoman for China's Foreign Ministry, on fallout from the Oslo-based Nobel Committee's decision to award this year's Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
Photo: Aleksander Andersen / AFP / Getty Images | Source: AFP