China is all set to give out its own first-ever peace prize Thursday, a move apparently to counter the Norwegian Nobel committee's choice of imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as this year's laureate.
Organizers told CNN they will present the Confucius Peace Prize -- which comes with an award of $15,000 -- in Beijing to promote the ancient sage's philosophy, a day before the Nobel committee honors Liu in Oslo.

中國設置星期四自己的第一次和平獎，此舉顯然是為了對付挪威諾貝爾委員會的選擇被監禁的中國異議人士劉曉波今年的獲獎者。
委員會告訴 CNN，他們將於北京的孔子和平獎頒發15,000元，促進古代聖人的理念，頒獎在諾貝爾委員會在奧斯陸舉行頒獎給劉曉波的前一天。

連戰若得獎不知道會不會去領這孔夫子和平統一獎？