Peace Prize mockery of its ideals
Confucius once said that when something was called by the wrong name it was the result of a failure of understanding and an inability to perceive reality. This is exactly the case with the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awarded this year's Peace Prize to the criminal Liu Xiaobo.
To be true to its name, the Nobel Peace Prize should have been awarded to someone who has been making, or has made, outstanding contributions to world peace. However, the Norwegian Nobel Committee again awarded the prize to someone opposed to its original principles.
The prize was awarded to the Dalai Lama in 1989, who has engaged in activities to split the Tibet autonomous region from its motherland. Rather than contributing to the prosperity of Tibet, the Dalai Lama has brought nothing but bloodshed and unrest to Tibetan people. It is really hard to understand how the committee members could connect what the Dalai Lama has been doing with peace.
The same is true with Liu Xiaobo who has been attempting to overthrow the Chinese government and to disintegrate the nation into smaller states. It is not hard to imagine what would happen if what he proposes actually occurred. There would be chaos or civil war, which would devastate what this country and its people have achieved during the past three decades.
The committee members are too naive and too far away from the reality of the country, they should come to China and talk with ordinary Chinese people and ask them what they need and want. They would realize how little they know about China and the Chinese people.
Although some in the Norwegian Nobel Committee have admitted in their articles that China has made great progress in the past decades, they are unclear about what that progress is, what such achievements mean to Chinese people, and how Chinese people expect what they have already achieved will become a solid foundation for an even brighter future both economically and politically.
The members of the committee cling to the Cold War mentality. They have turned a blind eye to the world trend of development and peace. They have also turned a deaf ear to what China pledges about its peaceful development.
The change that this country has undergone is by no means restricted to its economic growth. The progress in social democracy is greater than anyone in this country could imagine three decades ago.
