against Internet giant Google as a group representing writers' interests works through a list of more than 10,000 pieces of writing that may have been posted on its online library without permission.Chinese Written Works Copyright Society deputy chief Zhang Hongbo said the group would be watching a Feb. 18 hearing between Google on one side and U.S. and Canadian writers on the other with close interest.
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Chinese Authors Mull Lawsuit
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"Liu Xiaobo is grateful and honored by the nomination. He feels greatly encouraged and gratified, because this is high recognition indeed of his work," Shang [Baojun] said.
Shang also communicated Liu's response to Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ma Zhaoxu's comment that "it would be a mistake to give Liu such an award"[--the Nobel Peace Prize, that is].
"Liu Xiaobo believes that the comment is an expression of weakness. If giving him such an award really is a mistake, then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should explain why," Shang said.
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Dissidents Named for Peace Prize
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