On the morning of October 13, 2022, a protester demonstrated against CCP general secretary Xi Jinping's cult of personality, dictatorship, human rights violations, strengthening of censorship, seeking of leadership for life and implementation of the zero-COVID policy by hanging banners and burning tires on Sitong Bridge [zh] (Chinese: 四通桥; pinyin: Sìtōng Qiáo) in Haidian, Beijing.

[10] (不要核酸要吃饭 不要封控要自由 不要谎言要尊严不要文革要改革 不要领袖要选票 不做奴才做公民) Go on strike at school and work, remove dictator and national traitor Xi Jinping!

The protester, having disguised himself as a construction worker by wearing an orange vest and a yellow helmet, placed two banners on the bridge and set fire to tires to produce attention-drawing smoke.

He then repeatedly chanted through a loudspeaker, "Go on strike at school and work, remove dictator and national traitor Xi Jinping!

[12][13] Radio Free Asia reported in October 2023 that he was still alive, whereabouts "unclear," with his family under close surveillance.

[15][16] Though The New York Times published an article on December 7, 2022, naming him "Peng Lifa," the protester's identity has not been confirmed.

However, some believe him to be an academic physicist and have flooded a Twitter account assumed to be linked to the protester with messages of admiration.

[17][18] Protest banner themes included Xi Jinping's cult of personality, dictatorship and totalitarian rule, infringement of human rights, strengthening of censorship, Xi Jinping's reelection despite failure to observe term limits, the Cultural Revolution, the implementation of the "zero-COVID" policy, and overwork.