BEIJING: Fidel Castro has been awarded China's version of the Nobel Peace Prize, reports said on Thursday, with a paper close to the ruling Communist Party hailing the former Cuban leader's "important contributions" to world peace.
Castro bested more than 20 nominees including South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional group led by Moscow and Beijing, to win this year's "Confucius Peace Prize," the state-run Global Times reported.
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