Chinese Prisoner Liu Xiaobo Awarded Nobel Prize in Absentia 2.14K Jeff Neumann 12/10/10 08:27AM Filed to: Awards Awards China Liu Xiaobo Nobel Peace Prize Norway Appic Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's chair sits empty at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony today in Norway. Committee secretary Geir Lundestad (left) said, "We regret that the laureate is not present. He is in isolation in a prison in northeastern China."