Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1159-W788
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1159-W788
Release
Date: December 4, 2018
发布日：2018年12月4日
Topic:
China 'going further backward' under Xi, veteran democracy activist Wei
Jingsheng says （Agence France-Presse）
标题：资深民运人士魏京生说：中国在习近平的统治下'进一步倒退'（法新社报道）
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China
'going further backward' under Xi, veteran democracy activist Wei Jingsheng
says （Agence France-Presse Sébastien Blanc reports）
Editor's
note:
40
years ago on December 5, 1978, Mr. Wei Jingsheng posted his world-famous
"Fifth Modernization - Democracy" essay on the Xidan Democracy
Wall. On the occasion of the 40th
anniversary, AFP interviewed and reported on Wei Jingsheng. The report was immediately reproduced in
many media in French, English, Chinese, and Spanish, etc.
Examples include:
1.AFP
video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0148OmlUIE
2.
Reports in French:
https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2018/12/03/quarante-ans-apres-le-pessimisme-du-pere-de-la-dissidence-chinoise_1695706
http://www.francesoir.fr/actualites-monde/quarante-ans-apres-le-pessimisme-du-pere-de-la-dissidence-chinoise
https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Quarante-ans-pessimisme-pere-dissidence-chinoise-2018-12-03-1300987132
3.
Reports in English:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/03/asia-pacific/china-going-backward-xi-veteran-democracy-activist-wei-jingsheng-says/#.XAc-Kn9G2aE
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-going-further-backwards-under-xi-veteran-democracy-10991806
http://politics.com.ph/china-going-further-backwards-under-xi-veteran-democracy-activist/
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/12/03/china-going-backwards-xi-jinping-say-veteran-democracy-activist-wei-jingsheng/
4.
Reports in Chinese:
Deutsche Welle:
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E9%AD%8F%E4%BA%AC%E7%94%9F%E4%B9%A0%E8%BF%91%E5%B9%B3%E7%8E%B0%E5%9C%A8%E5%B0%B1%E6%83%B3%E5%BD%93%E7%9A%87%E5%B8%9D/a-46571805?maca=zh-Twitter-sharing
Radio France Internationale:
http://cn.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20181203-%E9%AD%8F%E4%BA%AC%E7%94%9F%E6%89%B9%E8%AF%84%E4%B9%A0%E8%BF%91%E5%B9%B3%E9%9B%86%E6%9D%83-%E8%A6%81%E7%A7%B0%E5%B8%9D?ref=tw
Voice
of America:
https://www.voachinese.com/a/AFP-Interviewed-Wei-Jingsheng-20181203/4684338.html
5.
Report in Spainish:
https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/afp/cuarenta-a%C3%B1os-despu%C3%A9s--el-pesimismo-cala-en-el-padre-de-la-disidencia-china/44593110#.XAaZnE0Hn14.twitter
The
following AFP report in English is from Japan Times:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/03/asia-pacific/china-going-backward-xi-veteran-democracy-activist-wei-jingsheng-says/#.XAc-Kn9G2aE
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China
'going further backward' under Xi, veteran democracy activist Wei Jingsheng
says
AFP-JIJI
Dec 3, 2018
FORT
WASHINGTON, MARYLAND - Exiled Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng has lived a good
life in the United States for more than 20 years.
But
the man often called the father of his country's modern democracy movement
still welcomes visitors the Chinese way - by offering them a cigarette.
In
a lengthy interview at his home in a Maryland suburb south of the U.S. capital,
he lights one for himself - and starts unleashing harsh criticism of the
"one-party dictatorship" in power in Beijing.
It's
a familiar battle cry: For four decades, Wei has railed against state
oppression of the Chinese people's democratic aspirations.
That
battle cost him 18 years of his life, spent in a series of prison cells. In
1997, after international pressure - including a plea from U.S. president Bill
Clinton - he was released, ostensibly on medical grounds, and put on a plane to
America.
Now
68, Wei is hooked on Gauloises - strong French cigarettes that are hard to find
in the U.S. - but is otherwise in good shape. He runs his namesake foundation
from his home, battling for human rights in China.
On
Wednesday, he will mark a landmark anniversary - on Dec. 5, 1978, he posted
"The Fifth Modernization" on a wall in Beijing.
The
essay said that Deng Xiaoping's "Four Modernizations" did not go far
enough, and called for democracy to be a goal for China alongside the four Deng
cited: The development of industry, agriculture, science and technology and
national defense.
Deng
is considered the architect of China's opening up to the world.
But
Wei, whose essay landed him in prison, says that Deng gets too much credit.
"I
should correct a popular saying, both inside China and internationally, which
claims that Deng Xiaoping is responsible for the opening-up and the
reform," he said, speaking in Mandarin.
"This
reform only went halfway, economically but not politically," he lamented.
"Now,
in the Xi Jinping era, politically it is even going further backward," he
added, referring to the ongoing offensive against rights activists.
In
the post-Mao era that began in the late 1970s, China's opening-up was prompted
by a broad popular movement, supported not just by Deng but by other senior
Communist Party leaders.
In
the end, Wei said, "communist China is a mix between a one-party
dictatorship and capitalism."
"When
they suppress the people, it's more severe than anywhere else," he
charged.
Sipping
black tea from China's southeastern Fujian province, Wei did not hold back in
his biting criticism of those who have followed Deng to the heights of power in
Beijing.
An
electrician by trade - he once worked at the Beijing Zoo - Wei accused former
Chinese leader Jiang Zemin of exploiting cheap labor at home and high prices in
the West to reap huge profits that he shared with Western creditors.
"During
the Mao Zedong years, China was a poor socialist country. Now China is a poor
capitalist country. Overall, the average Chinese did not get the benefit,"
he said.
As
for Xi, who has a clear path to staying in power longer than the habitual 10
years, now that the ruling party plans to abolish term limits, Wei did not
mince words.
"Xi
Jinping doesn't just want to become emperor after 2023," when his first 10
years in office will end, he said. "He wants to be the emperor now."
Wei,
who repeatedly said that the Chinese government "never follows the
rules," has gained traction in Washington's political circles.
On
the walls of his home, perched above a tributary of the Potomac River, are huge
photographs of him with former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
But
Wei, the winner of multiple human rights awards including the Sakharov prize,
said he doesn't venture into the U.S. capital too often anymore.
"The
American government and European governments are concerned over my safety,"
he said, without further explanation.
Related
photos by AFP:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2018/newsletters2018-4/WeiJS181128byAFP.jpg
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2018/newsletters2018-4/WeiJS181203AFPpublished.jpg
(The
Wei Jingsheng Foundation wants to express its gratitude to Dr. Gang Li for his
translation of the Chinese version of this article.)
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Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1159-W788
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1159-W788
Release
Date: December 4, 2018
发布日：2018年12月4日
Topic:
China 'going further backward' under Xi, veteran democracy activist Wei
Jingsheng says （Agence France-Presse）
标题：资深民运人士魏京生说：中国在习近平的统治下'进一步倒退'（法新社报道）
Original
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资深民运人士魏京生说：中国在习近平的统治下'进一步倒退'
-- 法新社报道
编者按：
40年前的1978年12月5日，魏京生先生在西单民主墙张贴了世界闻名的“第五个现代化-民主”的大字报。值此40周年之际，法新社专程采访并报道了魏京生。该报道立即被以法语、英语、中文、西班牙语等多种形式在许多媒体转载。其中包括：
1. 录像：
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0148OmlUIE
2. 法文报道：
https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2018/12/03/quarante-ans-apres-le-pessimisme-du-pere-de-la-dissidence-chinoise_1695706
http://www.francesoir.fr/actualites-monde/quarante-ans-apres-le-pessimisme-du-pere-de-la-dissidence-chinoise
https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Quarante-ans-pessimisme-pere-dissidence-chinoise-2018-12-03-1300987132
3. 英文报道：
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/03/asia-pacific/china-going-backward-xi-veteran-democracy-activist-wei-jingsheng-says/#.XAc-Kn9G2aE
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-going-further-backwards-under-xi-veteran-democracy-10991806
http://politics.com.ph/china-going-further-backwards-under-xi-veteran-democracy-activist/
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/12/03/china-going-backwards-xi-jinping-say-veteran-democracy-activist-wei-jingsheng/
4. 中文报道：
德国之声：
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E9%AD%8F%E4%BA%AC%E7%94%9F%E4%B9%A0%E8%BF%91%E5%B9%B3%E7%8E%B0%E5%9C%A8%E5%B0%B1%E6%83%B3%E5%BD%93%E7%9A%87%E5%B8%9D/a-46571805?maca=zh-Twitter-sharing
法广：
http://cn.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20181203-%E9%AD%8F%E4%BA%AC%E7%94%9F%E6%89%B9%E8%AF%84%E4%B9%A0%E8%BF%91%E5%B9%B3%E9%9B%86%E6%9D%83-%E8%A6%81%E7%A7%B0%E5%B8%9D?ref=tw
美国之音：
https://www.voachinese.com/a/AFP-Interviewed-Wei-Jingsheng-20181203/4684338.html
5. 西班牙文报道：
https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/afp/cuarenta-a%C3%B1os-despu%C3%A9s--el-pesimismo-cala-en-el-padre-de-la-disidencia-china/44593110#.XAaZnE0Hn14.twitter
以下为Japan Times的相关英文报道：
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/03/asia-pacific/china-going-backward-xi-veteran-democracy-activist-wei-jingsheng-says/#.XAc-Kn9G2aE
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资深民运人士魏京生说：中国在习近平的统治下'进一步倒退'
-- 法新社Sébastien
Blanc报道
美国马里兰州华盛顿堡市讯--流亡海外的中国持不同政见者魏京生在美国过了二十多年的好日子，但这位经常被称为中国现代民主运动之父的男子依然会用中国人的方式待客--向来访者敬烟。在他位于美国首都以南马里兰州郊区的家中，他接受了一次长时间的访谈。他给自己点起一根烟，然后便开始了对中国"一党专政"的严厉批判。
这是一个耳熟能详的战斗呼唤：四十年来，魏京生一直强烈反对国家机器对中国人民民主愿望的镇压。那场战斗曾让他身陷牢狱长达十八年之久。1997年，由于国际压力和美国总统比尔克林顿的请求，中国当局以需要治疗为由，把他释放并送上飞往美国的航班。
现年68岁的魏先生除了迷上高卢香烟（一种在美国很难买到的劲大法国卷烟），总得来说状况还不错。他在家中运作着与其同名的基金会，为在中国争夺人权而斗争。
本周三，他将迎来一个里程碑般的纪念日。1978年12月5日，他在北京的（西单民主）墙上张贴了"第五个现代化"的文章。该文指出，邓小平的"四个现代化"--工业、农业、科技、国防--还走得不够远，并呼吁把民主作为中国的目标之一。
邓被认为是中国开放政策的设计师，但因为该文而入狱的魏京生却表示邓得到了过多的荣誉。他用普通话指出："我应该纠正一种流行的说法，就是无论在中国还是在国际上，都认为改革开放应该归功于邓小平。但是改革只进行了一半，即只有经济改革，而没有政治改革。"针对当局对维权活动人士的不断打击，他还补充道："现在到了习近平时代，政治上甚至还在走回头路"。上世纪70年代末期毛泽东死后，中国的开放是由广泛的民众运动促成的，并且得到不止邓小平还有其他中共高级领导人的支持。
归根到底，魏说："共产中国是一党专政与资本主义的混合体。就压制人民而言，此政权比任何其它地方都有过之而无不及。"啜饮着产自中国东南部福建省的红茶，魏犀利批判了那些追随邓小平迈入中国权力上层的人们。曾在北京动物园当过电工的魏，指责前中国领导人江泽民利用国内的廉价劳动力和西方的高价，与西方债权人共同谋取暴利。他说："毛泽东时代，中国是个贫穷的社会主义国家。现今的中国是个贫穷的资本主义国家。总的来说，普通老百姓并没有得到好处。"
目前由于（中共作为）执政党计划废除任期限制，因此习近平显然可能比惯例的十年更长久地把持大权。魏对此也丝毫不假辞色。他说："习近平不是想在2023年（即他的十年任期结束）之后当上皇帝，而是现在就想即位。"
多次指责中国政府"从不遵守规则"的魏，在华盛顿的政界赢得了一席之地。在他靠着波托马克河某支流的家里，墙上挂着与前美国总统比尔克林顿及小布什的巨幅照片。但曾经获得包括萨哈罗夫奖在内的众多人权奖项的魏表示，他现在很少犯险去美国首都（华盛顿）外。他说："美国和欧洲国家的政府都对我的安全表示过担忧。"但没有作更多解释。
相关法新社照片：
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http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2018/newsletters2018-4/WeiJS181203AFPpublished.jpg
（魏京生基金会感谢李刚博士百忙之中帮助翻译此文。）
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