Confucius Peace Prize

Fidel Castro has been awarded China's version of the Nobel Peace Prize, reports said today, with a paper close to the ruling Communist Party hailing the former Cuban leader's "important contributions" to world peace.

Only three weeks after the idea was first publicly floated, China has cobbled together its own peace prize and plans to award it Thursday -- the day before the Nobel Committee honors an imprisoned Chinese dissident in a move that has enraged Beijing.Since Liu Xiaobo's selection, China has vilified the 54-year-old democracy advocate, called the choi...

Fidel Castro has been awarded China's version of the Nobel Peace Prize, reports said today, with a paper close to the ruling Communist Party hailing the former Cuban leader's "important contributions" to world peace.

Only three weeks after the idea was first publicly floated, China has cobbled together its own peace prize and plans to award it Thursday -- the day before the Nobel Committee honors an imprisoned Chinese dissident in a move that has enraged Beijing.Since Liu Xiaobo's selection, China has vilified the 54-year-old democracy advocate, called the choi...