Though now better off than they have ever been in material terms, the Chinese people under the current regime are denied any real opportunity to retain and refine their own dignity beyond the quest for wealth and luxury goods. Liu’s prize is a rebuke to the regime, because it rejects the dogma that nothing but the pursuit of economic interest matters.
虽然在物质上空前富足，但当今的中国人民却被剥夺了除致富和奢侈品以外任何保持和追求自身尊严的机会。刘晓波得奖的事实就对这个政权的控诉，因为它拒绝接受这个经济利益压倒一切的教条。