The Nobel Peace Prize is essentially a tool of the Western world

By China Watcher

A Norwegian critic commented recently that the past few Nobel Peace Prize winners indicate that the Norwegian Nobel Committee lacked sound analysis and even disregarded facts. The foundation of the Nobel Peace Prize conferments in recent years was weak, including the latest one to a convicted Chinese criminal named Liu Xiaobo.

The admired critic mentioned that the Nobel Committee's selection approach is problematic in itself and that it does consider the overall global picture but squarely based on its own emotions and carving to the present power based authority and the human rights activists which is centered in the Western world. One good example is the award to Bangladeshi banker Muhammad Yunus in 2006.

From U.S. President Barack Obama in 2009 to Liu Xiaobo in 2010, the selections showed evidently that the Nobel Committee served as conduit for support given to Western leaders on the one hand and as a backer of opposition forces in Eastern countries on the other. While the committee had many reasons to sing paeans to the United States and find fault with China, it suffered a fatal failure: its background checks focused merely on the nominees and how well it can promote its own agenda to propagate Western values which the decision makers deemed as universal values.

Why were Nobel concerts anchored by Hollywood stars from the United States instead of Bollywood stars from India? Did Western countries still think the center of the world was somewhere in the Atlantic? India which has send a representative to the Ceremony will need to re-consider because there will be day when a Kashmir activist or dissident who will be awarded the Prize.

The current Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland intended to take part in some significant events to change the direction of the global development, but he often tripped over his own path as he is challenging the international norm and acting with the West to challenge a potential superpower. There is no strong rationale to award to the present US President last year. What has he done for World Peace? Isn’t the prize reserve for prominent personalities like Chou En Lai, a former premier of China, who has contributed to so much to his country’s peaceful integration with the world community and the Third World or to Mr. Gandhi to his non violence protests in India against former colonist, Britain?

The decision to award the prize to a dissident was unwise because it is enforcing support for Chinese nationals throughout the world as it is viewed as a Western political tool to force Western values on 1.3 billion residents of the World. It further exposed the Western countries agenda together with its massive media to try to influence and lecture others who do not subscribe to such values.

Anyone who wanted to shape history must carefully and comprehensively discern the global situation and accept the fact that the world would need to embrace fundamental changes and there is a different political model other than Western democracies.

The five members of the Nobel Committee were retired politicians at senior ages and lacked professional knowledge on the world situation would inevitably erode the meaning and glory of the Nobel Peace Prize. Should the committee continue making decisions against the tenet of the Nobel Peace Prize its reputation of the award among the Third World especially would fall further and rated as a “Western junk”.

Nobel Peace Prize Post-Mortem

By China Watcher

Based on the latest statistics:

The countries which have declined the Norwegian government invitations and are considered “good and trusted’ friends of China and its people are:

1. Russia
2. Kazakhstan
3. Colombia
4. Tunisia
5. Saudi Arabia
6. Pakistan
7. Serbia
8. Iraq
9. Iran
10. Vietnam
11. Afghanistan
12. Venezuela
13. Philippines
14. Egypt
15. Sudan
16. Ukraine
17. Cuba
18. Morocco
19. Algeria (no response)
20. Sri Lanka

I am a bit surprise at the rejection coming from two so-called US new found “friendly” countries. First, Vietnam which the US has openly made claims through its media that they are entering a new military partnership phase with the Socialist State to ward off Chinese influence in South East Asia. Secondly, the Philippines which also said that they would like US presence in the South China Sea to deter any Chinese perceived aggression in Asia. Anyway, it is good to know that there are 20 trusted “friends” which the Chinese can develop very strong “preferential” relationship with financial assistance for the growth of these countries. 20 out of 66 countries is quite noticeable and very encouraging and as usual, I do not understand what the Norwegian “enemies” were saying and the Western promoted activists were proud of.

On the other hand, we notice some so called “double” faced countries like South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India, Brazil and South Africa. There is no surprise for countries like South Korea and Japan which I have long ago written off as US or Western puppets. The other 4 countries are more of a surprise and the Chinese government should take note that these are the very nations that will let you down when you need the support.

Let us bring the fight against Western dominance and its political instrument like the Nobel Prize.

A big snub to the Western World

By China Watcher

This topic is not related to China but I have the pleasure to write something on it nonetheless.

At the recent World Cup bidding to host the 2018 and 2022, Russia and Qatar have successful won the rights to host one of the most prestigious tournaments on Earth.

Of course, there were sour grapes coming from the supporters especially from Caucasian based countries like England, the US and Australia. Some comments from the racist Australia is that how could Qatar won the bid and the tiny country with such a small population with an unsuitable climate. He went on further to say that it is joke to award the host to such country. If this is not racist and ringed of so much on Caucasian based authority, I do not know what to say.

The Western media as usual could not believe that its many articles singing praises for the favorites have so few influence among the Third World delegates.

I was so happy to note that the white country of England was brought down to earth thinking that by sending three famous celebrities they could win the host job but unfortunately, there could only win 2 votes. The US even has a recorded speech of their talkative President but it does not help.

It was certainly a good day for me after also seeing the US puppet countries of South Korea and Japan were also eliminated in each rounds.

Congratulations to Russia and Qatar.

China should sever its relations with Norway

By China Watcher

China as a big nation should just cut off ties with Norway immediately over its recent comments that China has itself to be blame for the deterioration of relations between the 2 nations. The arrogant Viking country is not remorseful and even openly declared its support of the Nobel Peace Prize.Initially the country claimed that it has no say in the award of the Prize. A whole lot of nonsense and this country is merely a puppet of the big brother, the US.

China should strongly considered to bring the relations to a Consulate status and then if there is no improvement to cut off links immediately. The Chinese people throughout the world must take note of this development.

This should send a strong message to the Western world.

Without China assistance the North Korea issue will not go away

By China Watcher

Western media has again painted a picture that the West together with its East Asia’s Marshals, Japan and South Korea (still tied to a dog noose after the Korean War because without US there is no South Korea) will be able to resolve the North Korean problems without China. The media were freely and unceasingly using words like “Reject China” and “Snub China”.

Honestly, what can these countries do to solve the broader problems involving a stubborn North Korea with an uncompromising posture? Talking tough is one thing but having to put the action into practice is another matter altogether. There is without doubt close coordination between the United States, Republic of Korea and Japan due to its intricate war linkages and hence, we are already aware of, so why is there a need to continue to highlight it. The media tried very hard to emphasize this close relationship with an agenda to show to the world that it would imply in simple meaning “we will endure the difficult situation and we rise or fall together if need be” as we have a “brotherly” relation. I am sure China is well aware of it and there are strategies to counter this type of joint force like what Russia is now doing to counter NATO expansion.

If these countries are not interested in talks, then the only way out is a full scale WAR. The large scale military manoeuvres are sure signs that the US and its “Sheriffs” are moving towards this solution. And I am sure the US is leading the two smaller protectorates into believing that it is the only alternative to remove North Korea from the big “picture”. If there is a full scale war, then the useless US President Barack Obama and his fellow Congressmen have to answer for any repercussions in the near future.

Some Congressmen have even go one step further to demand outright economic sanctions on China for not succumbing to the request of the US to pressure North Korea and also, for the perceived assistance provided towards Iranian nuclear program. I would love to see how the US is going to carry out this threat or threats.

My personal opinion is that for a peaceful resolution of the current destabilizing situation, the only way forward is through talks unless if WAR is the only way forward as promoted by the US. Without China, I do not think the problem can be resolved whatever angles the Western media would like to portray they are coming from.

The Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony is a way to show the Chinese people who their true friends are

By China Watcher

The Nobel Committee by awarding the Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo has won the trust of the Western people but losing the trust of 1.3 billion Chinese people. They support a “criminal” while creating 1.3 billion “dissidents” that are dissatisfied with the Nobel Committee, which is definitely a bad decision.

From the latest statistics, the following countries are understandably good friends of the Chinese people:
Russia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Morocco and Iraq who have declined invitations to attend the peace prize ceremony.

China should send commendation letters and further strengthen and deepen brotherly relations with these countries.

And without forgetting the strong allies of China – Pakistan, North Korea and Myammar.

There are a large number of countries who are sitting on the fence and deciding whether to attend the ceremony like the countries in ASEAN and Latin American countries.

As usual, the “enemies’ of China and its people will be the US and most of the Western countries including Japan. China should devise strategies to move away from depending on these countries. Japan as usual has no guts but had to rely on its protector, the US.

I have read a proposal from China that this is a good opportunity and China’s civil society to consider setting up a “Confucius Peace Prize,” launching the evaluation and selection and finding the real Peace Prize winners from all over the world.

I believe this is the best opportunity for the Chinese people to declare China’s view in peace and human rights to the world free of Western influence.

Through such evaluation and selection, people around the world can have the most direct, sensible and comparative opportunity to observe, analyze and understand the Eastern and Western values.

Let see how Norway is able to rise up to the challenge.

Japanese finally come face to face with its past territorial aggression

By China Watcher

There was an article in a Korean daily which I would like to share with the readers. Mind you, this is not a propaganda article from China but from another Asian country. This is not the typical or stereo-type of reporting from the West like the US said this and Japan warned this and so forth. We’ll see now how the US, the Japan protector, can come to its assistance.

Japan refers to the four islands of the southern Kuril archipelago as the "Northern Territories." The Japanese government designated Feb. 7 as "Northern Territories Day" to mark its claimed ownership of the islands. This is different from "Takeshima Day," which was designated by only one Japanese province to mark Japan's claim to Korea's Dokdo islets.

But the four southernmost Kuril Islands are under Russian control, unlike the Senkaku Islands, which are under Japanese jurisdiction and which China calls Diaoyutai. Japan has taken a noisy approach in its dispute over the Kuril Islands and a silent approach in dealing with the Senkaku Islands.

Tokyo's strategy has been to present areas under foreign control as being disputed and areas under its control unquestionably so. In dealing with Dokdo, it has taken the clever approach of annoying Korea so that it protests loudly against Tokyo's claim. The approach did not stem from a belief that Dokdo and Kuril Islands are different. It merely places lower priority on Dokdo because of Korea's strong alliance with the U.S, which also plays a key role in Japan's national security.

Tokyo applies one principle to all of these territories -- that there are no historical problems that could undermine its territorial claims. In other words, it claims it never controlled those territories against the will of other countries during the colonial period. But China and Russia see the territorial disputes as historical issues. China says Japan occupied the Senkaku Islands in the late 19th century when China was in turmoil, while Russia believes it merely won back the four islands in its World War II victory.

Dokdo cannot be seen from the same perspective, but the common factor is Japan's persistent denials of history. It writes off anti-Japanese protests in China as internal disputes stemming from a widening income gap, high unemployment among the young and political chaos, almost as if it is chiding China for being politically underdeveloped. There is no soul-searching whatsoever among Japanese officials asking themselves why there is anti-Japanese sentiment among the Chinese.

The same goes for Korea. When anti-Japanese sentiment flared in Korea after Tokyo identified Dokdo as part of its own territory in school texts in 2008, Japanese officials and experts wrote it off as a ploy by the Korean government to unite a public divided over beef imports. And when the global financial crisis erupted, a Japanese newspaper even featured a column saying Korea will most likely end up begging Japan for money.

On Monday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the Kuril Islands, rubbing salt on a highly sensitive spot for Japan as its territorial dispute with China rages on over the Senkaku Islands. Now it is Japan that is accusing its regional neighbors of reigniting imperialism. It says China and Russia, which have grown economically powerful, are flexing their muscle. But if China and Russia are guilty of imperialism, Japan is equally guilty of denying its imperialist past. This is clearly demonstrated in the anti-Japanese sentiments flaring up among the Chinese and Russian public, which are fueling China and Russia's territorial challenges against Japan.

China and Russia are no longer former communist countries lagging behind in economic power. The more Japan denies its history, the greater the challenge it will face, and this will hurt stability in Northeast Asia. Japan has finally met its match.

China may need to plot a long term strategy to live without Japan

By China Watcher

The diplomatic skill of the Japanese in handling its relationship with China is deplorable. Perhaps, the hard line stance and the recent comments on the disputed isles were strengthened by the military and moral support given by its main protector, the US.

The US, a country which dwells on its technological superiority and military might played the game of a two-timer – on one hand to be a strong protector of Japan and on the other hand to try to come in as a mediator to the current flare between the second and third largest economies. So can you really trust the US? The answer is obvious.

Rare earth is a commodity which we know is depleting in its supplies throughout the world and it is China right to limit the volume of export to manage and to preserve the commodity for future generation. Furthermore, the extraction of the minerals is known to pose a major health risk due to the polluting effect of the industry. China is indirectly telling the users that it is the right time for these users to search for the minerals elsewhere and China is not interested to be a 97% world producer of such commodity at the lowest price indefinitely. The cheap price of its own commodities can best be used in its own industries where the consumption is already assured. But Japan and other Western nations continue to make a hue and cry over the issue, perhaps, to portray to the world that China is an unethical producer and neighbor.

Japan will not relent on the few islets which remain an important part of Japanese mission to stretch its sovereignty claim that would include even Taiwan and certain parts of Philippines under the 200 km exclusive economic zone from the nearest islets or atolls.

China must clearly re-look at a strategy to be less dependent on Japan and if possible, to plot the country mission to grow and develop further without Japan.

China, being a self sufficient country with a huge productive population, can survive without Japan but I am very doubtful Japan can survive without China, given that the US, a strong provider to the island nation 30 years of prosperity, is at the pinnacle of its economic and military level and is now on a declining slope. But the Western media and many experts from the West still do not accept this fact willingly but to try to hide the outright shame of losing the status to an Asian country that do not practice Western liberal democracies. That is the main reason why these Westerners and power makers from the West (with a clear hidden agenda) have been promoting India, not because of its potential as a future economic power but because it is a democracy. India has many fallacies and I don’t think it would even match up to China in the next 30 years. I have more faith in Brazil than India when it comes to making a prediction even though I am the same person who believes that Asia should be main impetus of growth in the next 50 years.

China is aware that the US still plays an important part as the main provider of economic activities but over the past few years, we have also seen China role in enlarging its trade with other emerging countries other than the US. As for Japan, I can only view Japan as an investor and possibly as a miser in providing technology.

Presently, China view India as a more important economic partner than Japan and as such the redeployment of a strategy to move out of the Japanese economic sphere would not be very difficult although I have to admit a large measure of sacrifice had to be made by all Chinese people throughout the world in the short to medium term.