China's Response to the Nobel Prize

Watching official China stomp and whine after the Nobel Prize was awarded to Liu Xiaobo is really quite amusing (and, as well, rather sad). They seem like a six-year old -- or, rather, like any bully who ever lived. James Fallows nails it:


The Chinese central authorities no doubt intend all these as demonstrations of strength. In the rest of the world's eyes, of course, there could be no more dramatic demonstration of weakness and insecurity


Ai Wei Wei, a Chinese artist who was recently prohibited from leaving the country:

"If the Chinese people ... don't know why this prize should be given to Liu Xiaobo, now they should understand."