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Passive Acceptance, Active Scrutiny: Lisa Peng at TEDxCLE

2,966 views · Published 28 May 2014 · 15:05 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Lisa Peng, seventeen years old, is the daughter of Chinese human rights and pro-democracy activist Mr. Peng Ming who was kidnapped in Burma by Chinese secret police and sentenced to life in prison in 2004. Lisa was born in Beijing and suffered doubly as a second child by being denied official legal recognition. In 2000, her family fled government persecution and was accepted by the United States as UN refugees in 2001. 

Lisa is working with the China Aid Association, the State Department, and members of Congress to advocate for the release of her father and other prisoners of conscience. She has testified before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the EU Parliament, and the Taiwanese Parliament. Lisa is currently a senior at Laurel School. She has been accepted by Princeton University into the Class of 2018.

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