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Last year the Chinese regime started the "Confucius Peace Prize" apparently to counter the Nobel Peace Prize, after the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel. Now the regime's Ministry of Culture has cancelled the prize. Here's more.
The Chinese regime's Ministry of Culture has cast in doubt the future of the Confucius Peace Prize. Executive Chairman of the prize Liu Haofeng's has often stated that the Ministry has always backed the prize. The Ministry however, said the Confucius Peace Prize, now in its second year, never received state approval.
In an interview with the Associated Foreign Press, Liu made it clear the award would still continue and that , "It is just the removal of the previous organizer."
The Ministry of Culture then reiterated that the prize was, indeed, canceled.
The Confucius Peace Prize was established last year as alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize, which had been awarded to well known Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo. He's still serving his 11-year jail sentence for so-called "inciting subversion of state power."
The recipient of last year's prize was Taiwanese vice president Lien Chan—who had never heard of the award, and so failed to show up for the ceremony.
Up for the running of this year's prize were Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, selected by the Chinese regime to act as the 'Panchen Lama,' and South African president Jacob Zuma, among others.
