Nobel Prizes

Comments on Julia Lovell “China’s quest for a suitable Nobel”, 21/10/2010, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/10/21/chinas-quest-for-a-suitable-nobel/
As a Chinese Australian, I am trying to be apolitical on the subject of Liu's Nobel Peace Prize.

Arguably, among the Nobel Prizes, those related to natural sciences are the least disputable, while the peace prize can probably be the subject of the most disputes.

Leaving this year's Liu' aside, last year it was awarded to President Obama. I remember at the time, there were quite some different opinions and some were even hoping that the president would not accept it, but he did.

That reflects the rank of the Nobel prizes on different subjects above.

Having said that, I appreciate the fact that some of the Nobel peace prize laureates, like Mandela, are more than deserving the prizes.

But as a Chinese Australian, I also feel that the various Noble science prizes are less disputable on another basis, that is, on potential biases by language. Literate prize may be more affected by language, that is, literatures in some languages have lower chances of being recognised and awarded the Nobel literature prize.

The Nobel Prize on economics may be somewhere in between, but it is more under the influence of a different nature, although also related to mainstream or non-mainstream.

PS: Nobel Peace Prizes may be helpful or unhelpful to a particular peace process, depending on a whole range of matters.