Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1368-W979

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1368-W979

Release Date: March 27, 2021

发布日：2021年3月27日

Topic: Wei Jingsheng Speaks at the Tibet Book Club

标题：魏京生在西藏读书俱乐部演讲

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Wei Jingsheng Speaks at the Tibet Book Club

In the evening on Friday, March 26, 2021, Wei Jingsheng was invited to speak to more than a dozen people at the Tibet Book Club about his world renown essay from 1978 “The Fifth Modernization – Democracy”, as well as his book “The Courage to Stand Alone – letters from the prisons”. People from Washington DC metro area, as well as other places include Taiwan, Spain, etc. participated.

Mr. Wei talked about the background situation and the political circumstances related to his 1978 essay, as well as his book of letters written in prisons, first ones on toilet papers. In particular, he talked about his experience and sentiment for Tibet, including his letters to the Chinese Communist leaders urging them to stop atrocities against Tibetans. Many questions were asked after Mr. Wei’s talk related to culture and traditional aspects of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. In particular, the discussion of Tibet’s current political and religious state, including its relationship with Mainland China, USA, and the rest of the world.

The Tibet Book Club is a forum for young Tibetan professionals in the Washington DC area, who meet once a month to discuss a Tibet-related book. It was started in 2011 for conversations on books and the exchange of ideas. They pick a Book of the Month at their meetings and usually meet the last Friday of the month.

The mission of the Tibet Book Club is to broaden cultural, historical and literary experience by reading and discussing books on Tibet and books written by Tibetan writers. It presents creative ways to broaden understanding of the world while providing a valuable source of knowledge and exchange of ideas.

Its website is:

https://tibetbookclub.wordpress.com/about-us/

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1368-W979

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1368-W979

Release Date: March 27, 2021

发布日：2021年3月27日

Topic: Wei Jingsheng Speaks at the Tibet Book Club

标题：魏京生在西藏读书俱乐部演讲

Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)

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魏京生在西藏读书俱乐部演讲

2021年3月26日，星期五晚上，魏京生应邀在向参加西藏读书俱乐部活动的十多人进行了演讲，讲述了他在1978年发表的世界闻名的文章《第五个现代化 -- 民主》以及他的著作《单打独立的勇气 -- 魏京生狱中书信集”。来自华盛顿大都会区以及台湾，西班牙等地的人们参加了这次活动。

魏先生谈到了他在1978年发表的论文的背景情况和政治情况，以及他在狱中草纸上开始写的书信。他特别谈到了自己的西藏之缘，包括经历和感悟，以及敦促中共领导人停止对藏人施暴的信。魏先生演讲后，大家就西藏和藏传佛教的文化和传统等方面提出了许多问题。特别还讨论了西藏当前的政治和宗教情况，特别是与中国大陆、美国和世界其它地区的关系。

西藏读书俱乐部是一个专门为华盛顿特区的年轻藏族专业人士举办的论坛，他们每月开一次会，讨论与西藏有关的书籍。它始于2011年，旨在就书籍进行对话和思想交流。他们在会议上选择本月之书，通常会在该月的最后一个星期五见面。

西藏读书俱乐部的使命是通过阅读和讨论有关西藏的书籍和藏人作家撰写的书籍来扩大文化、历史和文学经验。它提供了创造性的方法来扩大对世界的了解，同时提供有价值的知识来源和思想交流。

其网站为：

https://tibetbookclub.wordpress.com/about-us/