Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A784-W500

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A784-W500

Release Date: November 3, 2013

发布日：2013年11月3日

Topic: Wei Jingsheng Gives Lecture about "China in the Dawn of Historic Change" at the Montclair Kimberley Academy in New Jersey

标题：魏京生在新泽西的蒙特克莱尔金伯利学院演讲“历史变革曙光中的中国”

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Wei Jingsheng Gives Lecture about "China in the Dawn of Historic Change" at the Montclair Kimberley Academy in New Jersey

On Wednesday, October 23, the Montclair Kimberley Academy Upper School History Department presented a Hemmeter History Lecture, featuring Wei Jingsheng. A private coeducational college-preparatory day school located in Montclair, New Jersey, it was voted "Best NJ Private School" by parents in Bloomberg Businessweek in 2009. As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 959 students with a student-teacher ratio of 6:1. 124 of the 160 faculty members hold advanced degrees and 11 hold doctorates.

Wei Jingsheng's lecture "China in the Dawn of Historic Change: The Role and the Actions of the Chinese Democracy Activists" was hosted by Mr. David Hessler, director of the Hemmeter History Lecture Series. A roomful of people attended the event at its Upper School Library.

Wei Jingsheng talked about recent Chinese history, especially in the last few decades, as well as the international atmosphere surrounding it. He also discussed the current mood of the Chinese society and what the democracy activists have been doing. He emphasized the need for change in China and the likely upcoming revolution ahead. In his lecture, Wei Jingsheng in particular emphasized the following points.

1) The road for reform in China has been blocked by the interest groups of the Chinese Communist regime. Varieties of peaceful evolution possibilities have been explicitly rejected by the current leadership. Now, there are only two possibilities: maintaining the status quo or revolution.

2) To most of the Chinese, maintaining the status quo is intolerable. Their poverty, lack of freedom and lack of dignity have lead them to hope for a revolution overthrowing the Communist rule.

3) Now, not only the ordinary people, but even the rich and powerful upper class also feels unable to survive normally. Revolution in China is likely to start at the top.

4) There are many ways to effect revolution. There is the possibility of chaos all over China, but there may be a coup similar to what happened with the former Soviet Union. A coup would be the least costly path of revolution.

5) After the revolution, China will inevitably move towards democratization. That is because the Chinese people now are not the Chinese people of a hundred years ago. Chinese people are yearning for freedom and democracy, and ultimately will force those in power to take the road to democracy.

After the lecture, Mr. Wei answered enthusiastic questions. He also signed his book "The Courage to Stand Alone: Letters from Prison and Other Writings" for the audience, as well as other posters and memorabilia.

Later in the evening, history faculty members lead by the Montclair Kimberley Academy Upper School History Department chair Dr. David Korfhage invited Wei Jingsheng and his translator Huang Ciping for a dinner. They praised the lecture as one of the best in the history of the Lecture series, which also demonstrated the American people's interest about China. People at the dinner table talked about a lot of history, especially history related to revolutions -- all of the faculty members at the dinner table were experts who studied revolution.

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A784-W500

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A784-W500

Release Date: November 3, 2013

发布日：2013年11月3日

Topic: Wei Jingsheng Gives Lecture about "China in the Dawn of Historic Change" at the Montclair Kimberley Academy in New Jersey

标题：魏京生在新泽西的蒙特克莱尔金伯利学院演讲“历史变革曙光中的中国”

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魏京生在新泽西的蒙特克莱尔金伯利学院演讲“历史变革曙光中的中国”

2013年10月23日，星期三，魏京生先生受蒙特克莱尔金伯利学院的邀请，在其高中部历史系Hemmeter历史讲座作特别演讲：“历史变革曙光中的中国”。位于新泽西州蒙特克莱尔市的蒙特克莱尔金伯利学院是一个私立的男女同校的大学预备走读学校。2009年个该校曾在“彭博商业周刊”上被评为新泽西州最佳民办学校。它在2009-10学年招收了959名学生。该校中拥有160名教职工，其中拥有高等学位的教职工124人，包括11位博士。

魏京生“历史变革曙光中的中国--中国民主活动家的角色与行动”的讲座在该校的图书馆举行。Hemmeter历史系列讲座主任David Hessler先生介绍了魏京生并主持了这次讲座。满屋人参加了此次盛会。

魏京生谈到中国近期的历史，尤其是近十多年来的变化，及相关的国际形势。他还谈到了目前中国社会的情况，及民主活动家们的所作所为。他特别强调中国需要改变和在那里即将爆发的革命。在他的演讲中，魏京生特别强调了以下几点。

1) 中国的变革之路，已经被中共利益集团堵死。各种和平演变的可能性都被现在的领导集团明确地拒绝。现在只剩下了两个可能性：维持现状或者革命。

2）维持现状对绝大多数老百姓来说是不可忍受的。他们的贫穷、不自由和没有尊严已经让他们希望革命发生，推翻共产党的统治。

3）不仅普通老百姓，就是有钱有势的上层也感到无法正常生存下去了。革命很有可能从上层开始。

4）革命的方式有很多种。有可能天下大乱，也有可能像苏联那样发生政变。政变是代价最小的革命道路。

5）革命后的中国必然会走向民主化。现在的中国人已经不是一百年前的中国人了，他们对民主自由的向往会迫使任何当权者走民主的道路。

讲课结束后，魏京生先生回答了听众的热情提问。他还为听众们签署了他的著作：《傲然独立的勇气：魏京生狱中书信集》以及其它的海报和纪念品。

之后，蒙特克莱尔金伯利学院高中部历史系主任David Korfhage博士及其他历史学教师宴请了魏京生和他的翻译黄慈萍。他们称赞这次讲座是该历史系列讲座有史以来最好的，因此也说明了美国人民对中国的巨大兴趣。大家在餐桌上谈了很多的历史，特别是有关革命的历史--所有参加晚宴的教职人员都曾就革命的专题做过研究。