He has done nothing much really in comparison to others. They use Liu Xiaobo to demonize China as the villain. Dalai Lama has been used and is still being used extensively in the same way. The same west that props up Liu Xiaobo and claims to be the moral compass of the world also supports the brutal Zionist occupation of Palestine. When will a Palestinian rights' activist get a nobel prize? When will someone fighting for democracy in the US-supported dictatorships of Egypt or Saudi Arabia get their recognition ? Never