Similarly, after North Korean shells killed innocent South Korean civilians in November 2010, China remained essentially silent. In a carefully calibrated response, South Korea sent its ambassador to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for the imprisoned Chinese human-rights activist Liu Xiaobo in December 2010.
类似的还有2010年11月，当朝鲜的炮弹炸死了无辜的韩国百姓时，中国却保持了必然的沉默。而韩国在谨慎拿捏一番后也对此做出了回应，于2010年12月派大使参加了诺贝尔和平奖的颁奖典礼——该奖颁给了正在狱中服刑的中国人权活动家刘晓波。