Pols 3100 - Nobel Peace Prize Is Not for Peace

Name: WONG Kai-ming, Bobby

Student ID: A01394496

POLS 3100

Assignment 2

Nobel Peace Prize Is Not For Peace

The latest international politics should be about Liu Xiao-bo, a critic on Chinese human rights. He has been imprisoned by the Chinese government since he violated the law, ‘in-citing subversion of state power'. After a year, he is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Such event is an international politics which is not because of the Nobel Prize but because of other nations' critics. Since the mainland China arrested Liu Xiao-bo and put his family members under house arrest, the other nations opposed such acts. Actually, it is not only the problem of human rights and freedom, but also politics identification between nations. It is an argument between China and the western countries.

International powers have taken action. All previous Nobel Peace Prize Winner, the E-Parliament and the World Future Council are asked to voice out the problem and to fight for human rights. It is used to force and put pressure on the Chinese government to set free Liu Xiao-bo. Why the Nobel committees cling to award the prize to him? They said that they want to honor his nonviolence way for protecting Chinese human rights. They also be-lieve that human rights and peace are interdependent and correlated. For me, there is no doubt that China should take more its responsibility as its international status is higher. From its Constitution, Chinese people can have speech freedom. However this time, Liu Xiao-bo's rights is deprived by his government. The other nation has voiced out to China. But the aim of them is not to protect Liu Xiao-bo which is just an excuse. The objective of them is to say ‘no' to mainland China. It is a chance for western societies to oppose China.

At the very beginning, I ask myself, ‘Can Liu Xiao-bo's case be a representative in Chi-na?' The western countries has enlarged this case too much as it is just one case in China. In addition, what is the meaning and definition of a pacifist? Can all the people who oppose their government name pacifist? Recently, once the Chinese people have different ideas with Chinese government, the other nations would encourage such people to rebel. In other words, such people are just the pretext for the other nations to attack China.

China government said that the Nobel Peace Prize is to help forward the nation's har-mony. Therefore, the mainland does not agree with Liu Xiao-bo's prize since he is a prisoner. His action does not proceed to the same direction as the objective of the prize. In fact, the Chinese government understands the reason why the other nations oppose it. It is a provocative action to the Chinese government and