Norway, China normalise ties after Nobel Peace Prize row
Norway and China on Monday normalised diplomatic ties, frozen since 2010 after Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian Foreign Minister Boerge Brende said the two countries would immediately resume negotiations on a free-trade deal. Notably, Liu Xiaobo was jailed in China for 11 years over his involvement in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.