From: chifang@acsu.buffalo.edu (chi fang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Re: The Next Revolution (By Shen Tong)
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:09:20 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

>                    The Next Revolution 
>                         
>                         Shen Tong   
>
>(Shen Tong  is chairman of the Democracy for China Fund. He passed
>this article to a friend on Monday, hours before he was arrested in
>Beijing.) 
>  
>   I am back in China and I have found a China that the outside
>world does not know about. For three years, I have yearned to
>return to the land of my birth. I was forced to flee after the
>bloody confrontation between tanks and people. I have come back to
>touch, taste and smell the wonders of this beautiful place. I still
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sounds pretty sexy. Actually you also want to exploit the wonders of this 
beautiful place a little bit more, don't you?

>have the same dream of democracy my friends and I struggled for in 
>Tiananmen Square. 

Don't think that wrap up any of your messy dream with "democracy" will make it
sell good. 

>    I don't know what will happen to me. But I do know that no gun,
>no tank, nor any attempt to buy people off by consumerism can
>destroy the human spirit's need for freedom. 

not really, lots of your professional D-fighter friends have been bought off 
by US dollors form fat bosses in US, Taiwan... They also wrap it up, call it
fundation or something.

>    I returned to stand again with those I left behind after the
>brutal crackdown of the democracy movement. I am here to strengthen
>the bridge between those who were forced to flee and those who have
>carried on the struggle from within -- the key forces in shaping
>China's political future. 

WoWowowo, full of big words, are you dreaming again?

The "key forces in shaping China's future" is the Chinese people working hard
at home everyday, not your professional D-fighters fucking arround the world.

Are you going to "left them behind" again this time after your busniess is done?

>   These past weeks I have found a country in confusion. China is
>at a social, political and economic crossroads. It seems there is
>little political activity, that parts of the Chinese economy are
>bounding ahead, and that the Old Men have triumphed. But the truth
>is far different. 

"It seems there is little political activity" :-) 

That's pretty boring isn't it? not a slim chance for you guys to fucking 
arround waving V signs with western cameramen following behind. 

How about let Beijinger enjoy as much "political activities" as people in 
Ruassia have been enjoying? Then you professional business can leap forward 
to a new fantastic stage, at least you can publish another toilet book
called The Last Revolution or something.

>   In one village I said to a group of people that 10 years of
>reform had apparently improved their standard of living. One person
>spoke up and said, "But the Government does only two things: it
>takes money and it takes lives." Far more than the world realizes,
>corruption, strikes, dissent, hunger, violence and unbalanced
>development are forming storm clouds over China. It needs to be 
>modernized, everyone agrees. But to move toward that goal requires
>not just economic development, but also progress toward a real
>market economy, liberalization of society, the advent of cultural
>pluralism and steps toward democratic politics. 

pure pathetic prapoganda + outdated excerpts from colledge undergrad politics 
textbooks.

>   But some forces for political change are moving independently.
>The vigor of south China exists in spite of the politicians in the
>north. Because of contacts with the outside world, a limited but
>impressive free society is coming into being. One day there will be
>a new politics to match it, one that is combined with economic
>development and relative social stability. 

The most developed regions in China will be the places where you'll find it 
damn hard to sell your stuffs, believe me.

The day China become politically more mature, will be the day the market for
these shitty D-fighters is over.

>   Nonviolent transformation is essential for this to occur.
>Throughout Chinese history, violence has replaced violence, and the
>people have gained little in the way of liberation. I believe that
>crystal goals can only be reached by crystal means. 

And dirty(or silly) goals can only be reached by dirty(or silly) means.

>   I call upon the current authorities to recognize that China's
>future lies with pluralism. Dialogue between the current regime and
>the opposition is the first step toward evolutionary change. 
> 
>   I call upon reformers in the party: create open opposition
>within the establishment, using the limited freedom provided by the
>existing system. 
> 
>   I call upon China's established political underground networks
>to surface in a limited, organized fashion to create a larger role
>for themselves. 
> 
>   I call upon prominent individuals who have profound social
>influence -- liberal scholars, artists, entrepreneurs, religious
>leaders -- to speak out within their spheres. By protecting
>specific rights, such as freedom of creative expression, freedom of
>religious worship, freedom of publishing, they can build a base for
>pluralism and civil society. 

Give me a break. 
You think you are the late MAO or what? dear professionally revolutionary?

>   I have returned to China to encourage others to step forward.

Only to find most people consider you stupid?

> 
>   A free China will be ours one day. 

True but not yours, you asked too much.
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