{"id":2069350,"date":"2023-10-16T17:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T21:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-china-committee-chairman-nominates-beijing-bridgeman-for-nobel-peace-prize\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T17:40:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T21:40:53","slug":"us-china-committee-chairman-nominates-beijing-bridgeman-for-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-china-committee-chairman-nominates-beijing-bridgeman-for-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"US China Committee Chairman nominates Beijing Bridgeman for Nobel Peace Prize."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-china-committee-chairman-nominates-beijing-bridgeman-for-nobel-peace-prize%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2069350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>U.S. \u200bHouse China Committee Chairman Nominates &#8220;the Bridgeman&#8221; \u200dfor Nobel Peace Prize<\/h2>\n<p>In a bold move, U.S. House China\u200c Committee Chairman Mike\u200b Gallagher\u2064 (R-Wis.) has officially nominated \u2063Peng Lifa, also \u2062known as &#8220;the Bridgeman,&#8221; for the prestigious Nobel \u200dPeace Prize. Peng gained international attention for his courageous one-man protest\u2064 on the Beijing\u2063 Sitong Bridge in 2022, where\u200c he \u200bstood against the oppressive \u200brule\u2063 of the Chinese Communist\u200b Party (CCP) and its leader, Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of Peng&#8217;s nomination was made on October\u2064 13, marking the one-year anniversary of his protest. The \u2063news sparked a wave of support from overseas Chinese communities, who held\u2063 rallies in \u2062front of Chinese consulates worldwide, demanding Peng&#8217;s release and denouncing the CCP&#8217;s authoritarian\u200c regime.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/how-communist-china-is-the-ultimate-beneficiary-of-the-israel-hamas-war-5509349?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>How Communist China Is the Ultimate Beneficiary of the Israel-Hamas War<\/strong><\/a>  &#8211; 10\/14\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/china-says-israel-has-gone-too-far-in-response-to-hamas-attack-5510476?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>China Says Israel Has &#8216;Gone Beyond Self-Defense&#8217; in Response to Hamas Attack<\/strong><\/a>  &#8211; 10\/15\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the height of the \u200bCCP&#8217;s draconian COVID-19 lockdowns\u2062 in October 2022, just days \u2064before the CCP&#8217;s\u2064 20th National Congress, Peng took a stand on the Sitong Bridge. He hung banners that boldly declared the \u2062desires \u2063of \u2063the Chinese people: &#8220;We don&#8217;t want COVID \u200btests, we want food. We don&#8217;t want Cultural Revolution, we want reform. We don&#8217;t want\u2062 lockdowns, we want freedom. \u200dWe don&#8217;t want an autocrat, we \u200bwant votes. We don&#8217;t want lies, we want dignity. We are citizens, not slaves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2063Peng&#8217;s\u200c act of \u200cdefiance was swiftly met with CCP police intervention, and he was\u2064 taken\u2062 away. Nevertheless, his protest \u200bwent viral, inspiring demonstrations across China and \u200cultimately forcing the\u200b CCP to\u2063 abandon the oppressive lockdowns and restrictions in December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In a powerful video \u2063message,\u2064 Chairman Gallagher shared Peng&#8217;s \u200cstory with the world, praising his courage and criticizing Apple Inc. for aiding the CCP in suppressing videos\u200b of Peng&#8217;s protest and related \u200cdemonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Gallagher concluded \u200bthe video by stating, &#8220;Today,\u2063 I&#8217;m nominating Peng Lifa for the Nobel Prize. The world needs to hear his \u2063story\u2014one that I fear \u200dApple doesn&#8217;t want you to hear. We don&#8217;t want lies, we \u200bwant \u2064dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Subcommittee chairman Rep. \u200cMike Gallagher (R-Wis.) speaks on cyber, information technologies, and innovation during a\u200c House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing \u2064about artificial intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 18, 2023. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Sitong \u200cBridge protest sent shockwaves around the world, but Peng&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-china-committee-chairman-nominates-beijing-bridgeman-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"US China Committee Chairman nominates Beijing Bridgeman for Nobel Peace Prize.\">current whereabouts remain unknown<\/a>. Despite \u2062extensive efforts by volunteers to\u2064 locate him, his family and friends\u200b have received no information or \u2062notifications from the regime.<\/p>\n<p>Li Shengliang, founder of \u2064the &#8220;CCP Fiend List,&#8221; emphasized \u200bthe significance of Peng&#8217;s protest, stating, &#8220;The Sitong Bridge protest awakened the entire Chinese populace to take \u2063action. For the first time, they shouted\u200d on the streets to take down the Communist Party. This inspired \u2063too\u2064 many people. We should always remember Peng Lifa for his contributions to the Chinese people&#8217;s pursuit of freedom, democracy, and human rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Support for Peng&#8217;s Nobel\u2064 Peace Prize \u2064nomination has been widespread, with \u200dformer Beijing lawyer Liang Shaohua stating, &#8220;We strongly agree with the nomination of Peng \u200bLifa as a candidate for\u200d the Nobel Peace Prize. The whole world is\u2064 paying attention to Peng Lifa, not only the \u2063Chinese world, but the entire democratic world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Overseas Chinese rally at New York&#8217;s Times Square to \u2063demand the \u2062CCP to release\u200b Peng Lifa, \u2064aka &#8220;the Bridgeman,&#8221; on Oct. 14, 2023. (Lin \u2062Yijun, The\u2063 Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Protests\u200d in support of Peng have erupted worldwide. In Los Angeles, Chinese democratic activists rallied in front \u200cof the Chinese Consulate, demanding Peng&#8217;s release. Similar demonstrations took place in New York&#8217;s Times Square, where \u2062pro-democracy Chinese voiced their\u2062 demands\u2064 for justice.<\/p>\n<p>Overseas Chinese \u200bin New \u200bZealand, London, and other cities also held \u200brallies, displaying banners and shouting \u200cslogans in solidarity with Peng and his fight \u2063for freedom.<\/p>\n<p>As the world \u2064awaits\u2062 the outcome of Peng&#8217;s Nobel \u2062Peace Prize nomination, his \u2064story continues to \u2062inspire and ignite the spirit\u2063 of resistance against authoritarian rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<em>Li Yun \u200cand Li Yuanming contributed \u2062to this report.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Peng Lifa&#8217;s\u200b protest highlight the \u2063Chinese \u2062people&#8217;s desire for political \u200breforms and individual freedoms, and what impact did it have on the eventual abandonment of oppressive measures by \u2063the CCP<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ourage and determination to stand up against a powerful regime resonated\u2063 deeply with the Chinese people. His actions captured the attention of the international community, shedding light on\u200d the struggles of those living under an\u200b authoritarian regime.<\/p>\n<p>Peng&#8217;s nomination for\u2064 the Nobel Peace Prize is a significant recognition \u200dof\u200b his bravery and the\u2063 cause he \u200crepresents. It highlights the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-softens-u-s-stance-on-uyghur-slave-labor-from-which-he-financially-benefits\/\" title=\"John Kerry Softens U.S. Stance on Uyghur Slave Labor from Which He Financially Benefits\">promoting human rights<\/a> and standing up against oppression\u200d and\u2064 injustice. By nominating Peng, Chairman Gallagher has \u200dbrought global \u2064attention to the plight of the Chinese people and\u200d the\u2062 need to support their fight\u200c for freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The significance of Peng&#8217;s nomination is further \u200demphasized by the overwhelming support it has garnered from overseas Chinese communities. The\u200c rallies held in front of Chinese consulates worldwide demonstrate the solidarity and \u2064determination\u2062 of\u2063 these communities \u200cto fight \u2064for justice \u200dand to see Peng&#8217;s release. This widespread support reaffirms\u200c the urgent need for international attention and \u2063intervention\u2062 in China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women\u2019s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">human rights violations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Peng&#8217;s protest on the Sitong Bridge was a stark \u2064reminder \u2064of the\u200b Chinese people&#8217;s \u200bdiscontentment with the CCP&#8217;s \u200crule \u200cand\u2063 their\u2063 desire for change. \u2064His banners vividly expressed the \u200dgrievances of\u2063 the Chinese people, demanding\u2062 basic necessities, political reforms, \u2064and individual freedoms. Despite the immediate suppression of his protest, Peng succeeded in inspiring a movement that led \u2063to \u200dthe eventual \u200dabandonment of oppressive lockdown measures by the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman\u2062 Gallagher&#8217;s video \u2062message praising Peng&#8217;s courage\u200d and \u2063criticizing Apple Inc. \u200dfor \u2063aiding the CCP in suppressing videos of \u2062the protest amplifies the need \u200bfor corporations \u200cto prioritize human rights and\u200b freedom of expression over their\u2063 business interests. Peng&#8217;s story\u2062 deserves to be heard, and \u200battempts to silence it \u2064only strengthen the need for global recognition and support.<\/p>\n<p>Peng Lifa&#8217;s \u200dnomination for \u2063the Nobel Peace Prize serves as \u2062a powerful reminder that individuals have the ability to make a \u200ddifference, even in the face of oppressive regimes. It highlights the ongoing \u2062struggle for human\u200b rights \u2064and democracy in China and the need \u2064for international support. \u200cBy recognizing \u2063Peng&#8217;s bravery, the international \u200dcommunity has taken a \u2063step towards addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eritrea-acknowledges-presence-in-ethiopian-human-rights-crisis\/\" title=\"Eritrea Acknowledges Presence in Ethiopian Human Rights Crisis\">human rights abuses perpetrated<\/a> in\u2064 China and supporting the Chinese\u200b people in their fight for freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Gallagher, Chairman of the U.S. House China Committee, has nominated Peng Lifa, dubbed &#8220;the Bridgeman,&#8221; for the Nobel Peace Prize. Peng gained recognition for his solitary protest on Beijing&#8217;s Sitong Bridge in 2022, denouncing the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s authoritarian rule under Xi Jinping. 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