It's one of the worlds most prestigious awards, but the Nobel peace prize is also of the most contentious.<br /><br />The Chinese activist Liu Ziubao is the latest winner... which has infuriated Beijing, and China's not the only critical voice:<br /><br />Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez also entered the debate, expressing solidarity with the government...so "long Live China"<br /><br />The peace prize was set up with clear goals: the award would be given to those who "have done the most for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and promotion of peace congresses" <br /><br />The critics say not all past winners have met that criteria...<br /><br />In 1973 Henry Kissinger won the award, for his work on the Vietnam peace accords. It later emerged he was responsible for a secret bombing campaign against the north Vietnamese army.<br /><br />In 1994...Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin jointly won the award for their efforts to bring peace to the middle east, a peace that still remains elusive today.<br /><br />And then last year, just 9 months into his presidency US leader Barack Obama won. Yet American drone strikes on Pakistan territory have increased under his leadership ... the US still has a military presence in Iraq and is actively engaged in war in Afghanistan. <br /><br /> Al Jazeera's Imran khan reports.
