New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- Veteran Chinese journalist Alex Lo has sarcastically called for a name-change for the Nobel Peace Prize. He proposes that it should be called the Nobel War Prize. The comments come as part of his critique of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who was recently awarded the honour.

While making a formal announcement, the Nobel committee called her a "champion of peace". She keeps the "flame of democracy burning", it said.

Machado earlier sparked debate due to her past support for foreign intervention in Venezuela. While the Nobel Committee praised her non-violent struggle for democracy, critics argue her past statements show a militaristic outlook.

In 2019, she suggested that only a "credible and immi...