Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 23:28:53 EDT
From: <XXX100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject:    RE:The Next Revolution(By Shen Tong)

< From: jwh3@po.CWRU.Edu (Junwei W. Hou)
< Subject: The Next Revolution (By Shen Tong)
< Date: 4 Sep 1992 06:05:38 GMT
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< Note:  The following is two excerpts from the New York Times
< (September 2, 1992).  (JWH)
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<                     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.)                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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         Interesting time!


< touch, taste and smell the wonders of this beautiful place. I still
< have the same dream of democracy my friends and I struggled for in
< Tiananmen Square.

       CCP doesn't allow such kind dream.

<     I don't know what will happen to me. But I do know that no gun,

      What did you expect? Seems you never knew why you escaped from
      China.

< no tank, nor any attempt to buy people off by consumerism can
< destroy the human spirit's need for freedom.

      Only or unique need? How about others?

<     I returned to stand again with those I left behind after the
< brutal crackdown of the democracy movement. I am here to strengthen

      Why now,not June 4,or a half year ago?

< 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.

      Purpose of your trip?

<    These past weeks I have found a country in confusion. China is

        You just found, not 6.4? What did you fight for?

< 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.

<    In recent days, I have felt the scars of ex-political prisoners
< who have been tortured. I heard of a retired man who starved to
< death in custody.  I went into homes where parents grieve for sons
< and daughters who are still in prison, or simply missing -- and the
< terrible thing is that many are frightened even to talk about it.

     You seem never study the road  CCP have passed, like a
     lovely baby walking in his dream.

<    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
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< takes money and it takes lives." Far more than the world realizes,
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       Only two things, what a quotation! Are you fooling foreigners?
       By any means to attack, never look at facts?

<    Many forces of change swim below the seemingly calm surface.
< People have gone beyond the stage of saying, "I don't give a damn;
< I'm just going to make money." True, they have yet to seize on
< issues that will build a new politics. But they are quietly
< building a civil society independent of the decaying corpse of
< Marxist rule.

        That's the real change!
        Anyone thinks China in Marxist rule?
        Havn't started yet.

<    Some Communists believe that the 14th party congress this fall
< will be a key event in charting China's future. Political positions
< may be set, and the struggle for power at the top may be settled --
< temporarily.

         Has CCP rest for a minute in power struggle?


<    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.

        Looks too beautiful.

<    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.

      That's what you attempted to do,right?


<    These potential forces for change can no longer be silent. They
< must accept responsibility for their own rights and the rights of
< others. Rights, like power, must be taken; they are never given.

<    I have returned to China to encourage others to step forward.
< China is not lacking the forces to transform its repressive,
< authoritarian society.


     No wonder CCP took you out of home.

<    A free China will be ours one day.

    What do you mean by ours?  Someday, maybe others, more probablely.
    Appreciate your article.Suggest to send it to Deng Xiaoping. If
    fortunate enough, you no longer need to fight.



    X Xu