That made it all the more shocking when, on October 13 – just three days before the start of the 20th Communist Party Conference – an activist, later identified as "Peng Lifa", hung two banners on one of Beijing’s main roads criticising “dictator Xi Jinping" and the health situation in the country.>> Read more on The Observers: 'Remove the dictator Xi Jinping': Images show rare protest in Beijing One of them is our Observer, who started to stick his protest stickers around town shortly after Lifa’s protest.It was even shared by Fengsuo Zhou, who, back in 1989, led the protests in Tian’anmen Square as a student activist.响应四通桥勇士，到处张贴海报，使用这种袖珍标签打印机就可以，随时随地行动，简便安全。比如墙内这位勇士在高铁上张贴，注意地点尽量随机，不要在同一或者类似地方反复。#sitongqiao #Sitong #四通桥勇士 https://t.co/9Id8VsQB4R pic.twitter.com/YiKHOAfRY7 — 周锋锁 Fengsuo Zhou (@ZhouFengSuo) October 19, 2022 'It takes a lot of courage and ingenuity to protest in this way' Our team spoke to Fengsuo Zhou.'The banners really expressed what an average Chinese person now in China really thinks' The Instagram account "Citizens Daily" has collected a bunch of these images, many of which were sent to them directly (as opposed to being posted on social media)."