Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A771-O217

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A771-O217

Release Date: July 25, 2013

发布日：2013年7月25日

Topic: Protesters Demand Jack Ma of Alibaba to Apologize for his Praise of the Bloody Crackdown of the June 4 Massacre in Beijing in 1989 (by CK of RFA)

标题：抗议人士要求马云就赞美"六四"镇压言论道歉(自由亚洲电台CK报道)

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Protesters Demand Jack Ma of Alibaba to Apologize for his Praise of the Bloody Crackdown of the June 4 Massacre in Beijing in 1989

2013-07-22

Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group in China, praised Deng Xiaoping's order of the June 4 crackdown (in 1989) as "the best decision." His remarks triggered strong reaction. Last weekend, a group of overseas Chinese democracy activists went to the Alibaba Group US office and requested Jack Ma to make a public apology for his remarks. Ma issued a written statement the same day, claiming a "South China Morning Post" report made people misunderstand his words.

Zhou Fengsuo, Fang Zheng, Huang CiPing, Ren Songlin, and their supporters went to the Alibaba Group US office in Santa Clara of the San Francisco Bay area last weekend, to deliver a protest letter signed by about one thousand people. The protest letter asked Jack Ma to make public apology in regard to his praise of Deng Xiaoping's giving the order of the crackdown on June 4, 1989.

When Jack Ma was interviewed by Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post", he claimed that Deng Xiaoping's June 4 crackdown "was not the perfect decision, but it was the best decision."

Alibaba's vice president for International Corporate Affairs, John Spelich, talked to the four representatives of the protesters at the Alibaba Group US office. A written statement from Jack Ma was also delivered to these protesters, which claimed that the "South China Morning Post" report resulted people's misunderstanding of his words.

Zhou Fengsuo, a student leader of the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square told the reporters after the meeting: "John Spelich claimed that Jack Ma himself thinks that he did not say this. We asked Jack Ma to come forward to give an explanation and an apology. Meanwhile, we requested the Alibaba Group to clarify that Jack Ma said so not because of economic benefit."

The same day, online news reported that the reporter who interviewed Jack Ma stated that her edited report made people misunderstand Ma, and therefore she resigned. However, on the same day, the "South China Morning Post" made a statement that the published article is in line with the recording and thus it believes the authenticity of the report.

In this regard, Zhou Fengsuo said: "We are very sympathetic to the reporter, who was forced to resign. This illustrates that the Alibaba group certainly put tremendous pressure over her, which is a very dangerous interference to freedom of the press."

Fang Zheng, the former Beijing student whose legs were crushed when the PLA tanks rolled over them, told the reporter: "I did not expect that Jack Ma, as a very successful entrepreneur in China, would defend the crimes of the June 4 crackdown and praise Deng Xiaoping. As a witness and a direct victim, I hope Jack Ma makes a public apology. We came over here in the hope of getting a positive response from him. But Jack Ma responded through this vice president of his company, without letting us know what he wants to express. It seems that he wants to push the responsibility over to the reporter or the newspaper. "

Huang Ciping is the Secretary-General of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition and Executive Director of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation from the East Coast. She asked Ma and Alibaba: "So many people were slaughtered during the June 4 Massacre, yet you claim it as a political issue. I want to ask you, is it really is just a political issue as you said, or an essential issue of humanity, morality and conscience? I think you should take a stand on this. Further, I say that if Jack Ma really wants to clarify this issue, he has ample opportunity. "

The protesters said that the Alibaba company's willingness to be in touch with them and their acceptance of the letter of protest is a positive attitude. Currently they are waiting for Ma himself to respond to their protests.

From San Francisco, this is a report by the special correspondent CK of Radio Free Asia.

Original link of this report:

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-07222013092643.html

Related audio is also available at:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/interviews/interviews2013/FangZetc130722protestAlibabaRFAreport.mp3

Related photos:

1. Protesters Zhou Fengsuo (left), Fang Zheng (right), and Huang Ciping (middle) after talked to Alibaba's vice president for International Corporate Affairs, John Spelich:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2013/newsletters2013-3/FangZetc130719inAlibaba-c-4.jpg

2. Reporters interview Fang Zheng in his wheelchair before the talk in Alibaba Group US office:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2013/newsletters2013-3/FangZinterviewed130719aboutAlibaba-c-6.jpg

3. Reporters interview Zhou Fengsuo after the talk in Alibaba:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2013/newsletters2013-3/ZhouFSinterviewed130719aboutAlibaba-c-4.jpg

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A771-O217

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A771-O217

Release Date: July 25, 2013

发布日：2013年7月25日

Topic: Protesters Demand Jack Ma of Alibaba to Apologize for his Praise of the Bloody Crackdown of the June 4 Massacre in Beijing in 1989 (by CK of RFA)

标题：抗议人士要求马云就赞美"六四"镇压言论道歉(自由亚洲电台CK报道)

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抗议人士要求马云就赞美"六四"镇压言论道歉

-- 自由亚洲电台特约记者CK

2013-07-22

中国阿里巴巴公司创办人马云赞扬邓小平下令"六四"镇压是"最正确的决定"的言论引发强烈反响。上个周末，海外一群中国民运人士前往阿里巴巴美国办事处，要求马云就他的言论公开道歉。马云当天发表一份书面声明，称《南华早报》的报道使人们误解了他的讲话。

周锋锁、方政、黄慈萍、任松林，以及他们的支持者，上周末前往设于旧金山湾区圣克拉拉市的阿里巴巴美国办事处，递交一份有近千人签名的抗议信，要求马云对赞美邓小平下令"六四"镇压的言论公开道歉。

马云在接受香港《南华早报》采访时称：邓小平下令'六四'镇压，"这不是一个完美的决定，但这是一个最正确的决定。"

阿里巴巴美国办事处的一位名叫约翰·斯佩里奇的公关副总裁接待了四位抗议人士，并交给抗议人士一份马云的书面声明，声明称《南华早报》的报道使人们误解了他的讲话。

周锋锁为89民运天安门广场学生领袖，他在会见结束后，对记者表示："约翰·斯佩里奇说马云认为自己没有讲这个话，我们要求马云出面给一个说法，进行道歉。而且我们要求阿里巴巴公司澄清马云是不是因为经济利益才说这样的话。"

当天，网上传出消息，采访马云的记者表示他的报道使人们误解了马云，并因此而辞职。而同一天《南华早报》则发表声明，认为该报发表的文章与录音相符，并对该报导的真实性确信不疑。

对此，周锋锁说："我们很同情这位记者，他被迫辞职。这说明，阿里巴巴公司对他肯定有巨大的压力，这是对新闻自由很危险的干涉。"

前北京学生、在"六四"镇压中被解放军坦克辗断双腿的方政对记者表示："我没想到马云这样一个在中国很成功的企业家，他居然能够为当年'六四'镇压的罪行辩护，赞美邓小平。我作为见证者、直接受害人，希望马云要做出公开道歉，我们到这里来就是想得到他的正面回应。马云通过他的公司的这位副总裁给我们的回应，让我们不知道他在说什么，他似乎想把责任推给记者或者报社。"

来自美国东岸的黄慈萍是"中国民运海外联席会议"秘书长、"魏京生基金会"执行主任，她质问马云和阿里巴巴公司，说道："六四这么多人被屠杀了，到底这是个你们说的政治问题，还是最起码的人道、人性、道德和良心问题？我觉得你们应该有个态度。而且我说马云如果真的想把事情说清楚，他完全有机会。"

抗议人士表示，阿里巴巴公司愿意与他们接触，并接受他们的抗议信，这是一种积极的态度。目前他们等待马云本人对他们的抗议做出回应。

以上是自由亚洲电台特约记者CK发自旧金山的报道。

报道的原始网址：

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-07222013092643.html

相关录音还可在以下连接中听到：

http://www.weijingsheng.org/interviews/interviews2013/FangZetc130722protestAlibabaRFAreport.mp3