Chinese rights dissident favored to win Nobel Peace Prize. As well as a Chinese barefoot (self taught) lawyer. This will be exciting. China, of course, does not approve:

A decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo to honor Hu or Gao may increase tensions between the West and the government of the world’s most populous nation.

“I hope the committee will make the right decision and not challenge the original purpose of the Nobel Peace Prize or hurt Chinese people’s feelings,” said Liu Jianchao, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, on Sept. 25. The prize should go to those who “truly contributed” to world peace, he said.

Via my barefoot friend, CMcL.