You have to remember, Wei Jingsheng, while he was an electrician, rather than someone who was known as an intellectual, did write a very important essay, was a leader of the democracy wall movement and did have specific ideas for how to bring about democratization. I think there s a lot of ferment and ideas and creativity in both individuals. The problems facing exiles. Well, I think he will be largely limited to his writings and his public appearance. I think his writings will find their way back into China.
China now is reasonably open to the Internet and other means of communication.
Whether they catch on or not is very hard to say. It s the problem of all people in exile. They, after a short period of time, begin to be seen as people who aren t in the middle of things, don t have a fine grain understanding of what it s like to actually be there, and so others who come up behind them in the country tend to replace them as leaders of movement. So I would be modest in my expectations, but this is a very intelligent, very articulate individual, and he may have some role to play. And we re going to hear from him on Thursday.