Nobel Price of Peace - Big deal or no big deal
Nobel Prize has been in existence for over 100 years. For ordinary people in the western world, it’s really not a big deal, no more than a Oscar, or Pulitzer Prize, and it’s definitely not nearly as famous as Super Bowl, NBA Championship, or UEFA Championship. It shows a kind of mentality that I don’t know and I don’t care, which reflect a healthy and secure society that whoever wins won’t change people or the system too much.
Nobel Prize is always a big deal for many Chinese. It’s so well known and so authoritative. The winners of any Nobel Prize are always people’s idols and so well respected if not worshiped. People longed so much for a Nobel Prize winning Chinese citizen, because there has not been a one ever. It seems that no one ever question the privilege, standard and authority of the selection process, or question the eligibility and merit of the winners. This is true only until the recent Peace prize won by the first ever Chinese citizen Mr. Liu Xiaobo.
A monumental moment you would think it would be, but because it’s a Peace prize won by a inmate persecuted by the Communist government, it’s not even a news in Chinese media, let alone a national glory. It’s not a surprise giving the political sensitivity and nervousness of the CCP in fear of people’s resentment or rebelling , and in their effort to fabricating a so called harmonious society which is far from existence. What’s surprising is the responses and reactions from some of the enlightened overseas Chinese who even though are not representing the majority, but for sure reflecting the success of years brain washing by the CCP. All the sudden, they start questioning the privilege, standard and authority of the selecting committee and process, questioning the eligibility and merit of the winner. In short, nothing seems so right simply because Mr. Liu’s winning of the peace prize embarrassed the face of Chinese government, or to some simply because winner is not them or any one they like.
In a country that brain washing, free thought and speech forbidden, and unilateral value are dominantly prevalent, people eventually lost their way or right to judge what is right and what is wrong. The damage can be sometimes permanent as one may find among the supposedly enlightened Chinese overseas. Simple things like black and white, right and wrong , good and bad, are never so simple in China now and then or may be in a long future if Mr. Liu can be so wrongly accused and persecuted. It all depends on political need, the need to beautify the face of communist government, that one thing can be called right or wrong, black or white, good or evil; A definitely evil for the first ever Nobel Prize won by a Chinese Citizen in the eyes of Chinese government and some brain washed narrow minds even among the overseas Chinese community.
Salute Mr.Liu Xiaobo the deserving winner for his courage and sacrifice. The fundamentals of modern civilization, peace, human right, freedom will prevail.
