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Q: Who among the following was the first Chinese Citizen to win Nobel Peace Prize?
  • A. Yu Jie
  • B. Wang Dan
  • C. Liu Xiaobo
  • D. Liu Xia
Correct Answer: Option C - Liu Xiaobo was the first Chinese citizen to be awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind while residing in China.The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to Mankind." Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist most famously known for the invention of dynamite. In 1968 Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish Central Bank) founded the establishment of prize in economics sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, to also be administrered by the Nobel Foundation.
C. Liu Xiaobo was the first Chinese citizen to be awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind while residing in China.The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to Mankind." Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist most famously known for the invention of dynamite. In 1968 Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish Central Bank) founded the establishment of prize in economics sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, to also be administrered by the Nobel Foundation.

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Liu Xiaobo was the first Chinese citizen to be awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind while residing in China.The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to Mankind." Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist most famously known for the invention of dynamite. In 1968 Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish Central Bank) founded the establishment of prize in economics sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, to also be administrered by the Nobel Foundation.