Lien office denies hearing of award

[Lars77]

Source: Taipei Times

Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Lien Chan’s (連戰) office yesterday dismissed a report by The Associated Press (AP) that Beijing had chosen him as the recipient of the Confucius Peace Award and would award him the prize today.

“We’ve never heard of such an award and of course Mr Lien has no plans to accept it,” said Ting Yuan-chao (丁遠超), director and spokesman of Lien’s office.

The KMT yesterday also denied having any knowledge of the the award, but defended his contributions to cross-strait developments.
“The KMT is not aware of the news and it would be more appropriate to comment on the matter after we make sure there’s such an award and learn the details,” KMT Spokesman Su Jun-pin (蘇俊賓) said.



Read more: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/12/09/2003490461

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The Confucius prize is Beijings "alternative" peace prize, that plan to award it the day before the Nobel prize. It would be awesome if Mr. Lien actually refused to accept it.

[DJ13]

1. So the Confucius prize is causing confusion?

Wait...... what?