Overseas
Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A661-O186
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A661-O186
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Date: October 7, 2011
发布日：2011年10月7日
Topic:
The Xinhai Revolution: the Only Way to Establish China's Democratic System
(reported
by: Voice of America)
标题： 辛亥革命：建立中国民主制度的必由之路（美国之音报道）
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The
Xinhai Revolution: the Only Way to Establish China's Democratic System
VOA
Reporter: Du Lin from Washington DC
October
6, 2011
A
well-known democratic movement activist who lives in the USA thinks that the
social conflict resulting from the uneven distribution of wealth has already
caused many people's dissatisfaction and resentment against the current system
in China. There are more and more
people taking action as their resistance.
The breeding ground that resulted the Xinhai Revolution 100 years ago
also exists in China today, and the Xinhai Revolution serves as a very strong
lesson to today.
On
October 6, 2011, the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition and other
organizations held a forum called
"The 1911 Chinese Xinhai Revolution, Review and Outlook" on
Capitol Hill. Chairman Wei
Jingsheng said that the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the monarchy and created
the first democratic republic in Asia, so its Centennial commemoration should
have special significance.
However, across the Taiwan strait, both governments are being
deliberately low-key, which has made people very disappointed.
We
Jingsheng said: "In the past, they always very solemnly commemorated the
Xinhai Revolution. However, this
year the Chinese government is nervous, because they are afraid of the
"revolution" word in the "1911 Xinhai Revolution". That is because now most people think
that that there is no hope of reform, but only a revolution. So the Communist Party is afraid. In addition, the Taiwanese government
seems also worried. They do not
dare to mention the word
'revolution'. People are
even saying that the overseas department of the Taiwanese government has
informed their related parties not to say things that might make the Mainland
nervous. From these two
perspectives, the topic of the Xinhai Revolution this year becomes very
important."
*
Awakening *
Professor
Zhang Tianliang, an adjunct professor at George Mason University, criticized
the two governments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait for departing from the
teaching of the late prime minister Sun Yat-sen and deviating from the ideal of
democracy and freedom due to their own interests. He said: "The main concern of Taiwan is its relations
with the Mainland. I think they
still have some fear of the Mainland, including restraints on Taiwan due to its
concern of the economic relations across the Taiwan Strait. I think this kind of conduct resulted
Taiwan lost its opportunity to hold the flag of freedom and democracy in the
international community. Inside
China, of course the government does not dare to commemorate the Xinhai
Revolution that much, because its own corruption is much worse than the
corruption of the Qing Dynasty.
Commemorating the Xinhai Revolution is in fact awakening people's
revolution consciousness."
Wei
Jingsheng said that China's economic reform and opening did not allow the
society to embark on the path of freedom and democracy. In contrast, the uneven distribution of
wealth and the resulting class antagonism in today's China has so many people
disappointed with the current system.
This is the important reason that we see wave after wave of protests
everywhere in China. He said:
"More than a decade or two ago, there were merely a few hundreds of larger
scale protests. But today, there
are more than 200,000 various resistant activities by the people. We have found out through various ways
that most of the Chinese have already given up their hope to reason with the
Chinese Communist Party."
*
Turning Point *
Wei
Jingsheng pointed out that one hundred years after the Xinhai Revolution,
history has once again moved toward a turning point. Experience over the past 6 decades has shown that the
Chinese people's cognition of freedom and democracy is basically the same as
other former communist countries before their revolutions broke out. The Chinese people do not lack courage
to resist either. In this sense,
the breeding ground of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution a hundred years ago also
exists in China today. Once the
revolution conscience of more people is awakened, China could have a dramatic
change. This is the realistic
significance of commemorating the centennial of the Xinhai Revolution now.
Some
Chinese students studying in the United States also attended the day's
activities. They said that the
people in Mainland China uphold freedom as well. From this sense, Taiwan's democratic system can have a very
strong role in the Mainland.
Related
photos (photo credit: VOA reporter Du Lin):
1.
Wei Jingsheng calling for the awakening of more Chinese people at the
"1911 Chinese Xinhai Revolution, Review and Outlook" Forum:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2011/newsletters2011-3/voa_chinese_wei_jingsheng_6Oct11_480jpg.jpg
2.
Zhang Tianliang criticizing the governments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait
for deviating from the ideal of freedom and democracy due to their own
interests on the issue of the centennial commemoration of the 1911 Xinhai
Revolution:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2011/newsletters2011-3/voa_chinese_zhang_tianliang_6Oct11_300jpg.jpg
3.
Large numbers of people attending the "1911 Chinese Xinhai Revolution, Review
and Outlook" forum:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2011/newsletters2011-3/voa_chinese_seminar_6Oct11_300jpg.jpg
Link
of the original report:
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111006-Signs-Show-Revolution-Could-Happen-in-China--131282244.html
(Translated
by: the Wei Jingsheng Foundation)
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Overseas
Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A661-O186
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A661-O186
Release
Date: October 7, 2011
发布日：2011年10月7日
Topic:
The Xinhai Revolution: the Only Way to Establish China's Democratic System
(Reported
by: Voice of America)
标题： 辛亥革命：建立中国民主制度的必由之路（美国之音报道）
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辛亥革命：建立中国民主制度的必由之路
美国之音记者: 杜林
2011年
10月 06日，华盛顿
旅居美国的中国知名民主运动人士认为，中国目前贫富不均造成的社会矛盾已经让众多百姓对现行体制产生了不满和怨恨，用行动进行反抗的人越来越多。100年前辛亥革命的滋生土壤在今天的中国同样存在，并具很强的借鉴作用。
中国民主运动海外联席会议等团体10月6号在美国国会山庄举办“辛亥革命的回顾和前瞻”研讨活动。主席魏京生说，辛亥革命推翻了帝制，创建了亚洲第一个民主共和国，百年纪念本应意义非凡，但海峡两岸政府却刻意低调，让民众非常失望。
他说：“以前都很隆重地纪念，但是今年他们(中国)比较紧张，因为他们害怕辛亥革命的‘革命’这两字。因为现在大部分老百姓认为改革已经没有希望了，只剩下革命了，所以共产党很怕。另外台湾方面好像也比较怕。他们不太敢提‘革命’这两个子，甚至听说台湾侨务部门已经跟各个侨社发了通知，要他们尽量不要讲一些让大陆敏感的东西。从这两个角度看，今年辛亥革命的话题就变得非常重要。”
*觉醒*
美国乔治梅森大学客座教授章天亮批评两岸政府都为自身利益而背离了先总理孙中山先生的教诲，偏离了民主自由的理想。他说：“台湾主要顾虑跟大陆的关系。我认为他们对大陆还是有一定的恐惧，包括两岸的经济关系对台湾都有一定的制衡。我认为台湾这样做是放弃了在国际上打出自由民主大旗的机会。中国国内当然不太敢纪念辛亥革命，因为中共的贪污比满清政府实在是有过之而无不及。如果纪念辛亥革命，其实是在唤醒民众的革命意识。”
魏京生说，中国实行的改革开放并没有让社会走上自由民主的道路。与此相反，中国现在的贫富不均和因此造成的阶级对立已经让众多老百姓对现行体制感到失望，这就是各地抗议活动此起彼伏的重要原因。他说：“十几、20年前，全国够得上数的突发事件不过几百起，现在老百姓各种各样的反抗活动已经有20多万起。我们通过各种渠道发现，大部分中国老百姓已经对和共产党讲道理失去了希望。”
*转折点*
魏京生指出，辛亥革命百年后的今天，历史再一次走向了转折点。过去六十年的经验表明，中国民众对自由民主的认知与爆发革命的前共产国家的民众基本相同，也不缺乏抗争的勇气。从这个意义上说，一百年前滋生辛亥革命的土壤在今天的中国同样存在，更多民众的革命意识一旦被唤醒，中国就可能发生巨变。这就是今天纪念辛亥革命一百周年的现实意义。
部分在美国就读的中国留学生代表也出席了当天的活动。他们说，中国大陆民众同样崇尚自由，从这个意义上说，台湾民主体制能够对大陆发挥很强的借鉴作用。
相关图片（来源: 美国之音记者杜林）
1. 魏京生在“辛亥革命的回顾与前瞻”国会研讨会上呼吁更多的中国民众觉醒：
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2011/newsletters2011-3/voa_chinese_wei_jingsheng_6Oct11_480jpg.jpg
2. 章天亮批评海峡两岸政府在辛亥革命百年纪念问题上出于自身利益而偏离了自由民主的理想：
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2011/newsletters2011-3/voa_chinese_zhang_tianliang_6Oct11_300jpg.jpg
3. 大批民众出席“辛亥革命的回顾与前瞻”研讨会：
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2011/newsletters2011-3/voa_chinese_seminar_6Oct11_300jpg.jpg
报道的原始连接：
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111006-Signs-Show-Revolution-Could-Happen-in-China--131282244.html
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