Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1380-W989

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1380-W989

Release Date: May 16, 2021

发布日：2021年5月16日

Topic: Exclusive Interview of Wei Jingsheng by the Witness History Programme of the BBC World Service – China’s Democracy Wall

标题：英国广播公司BBC世界服务台播出其《见证历史》节目对魏京生的独家采访 -- 中国的民主墙

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Exclusive Interview of Wei Jingsheng by the Witness History Programme of the BBC World Service – China’s Democracy Wall

On May 14, 2021, BBC World Service broadcast its latest Witness History Programme – China’s Democracy Wall, with an exclusive interview of Wei Jingsheng. It is now available on Internet at:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1wyh

The following is a short description of the BBC programme.

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China's Democracy Wall

Witness History

This program is a story of how a brick wall in Beijing became a beacon for those calling for change. But when Wei Jingsheng posted an essay demanding democracy in 1978, he was arrested and imprisoned for 18 years. He's been telling Rebecca Kesby why he thinks it was worth it.

(PHOTO: BEIJING, CHINA: China's prominent dissident Wei Jingsheng (R) laughs as he talks to reporters at his Beijing apartment 20 September 1993. Wei was arrested again shortly after this and eventually released from prison on medical grounds in 1997. He currently lives in the USA. (credit MANUEL CENETA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Original link to this BBC report:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1wyh

Audio is also available at:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/interviews/interviews2021/WitnessHistory-20210514-ChinasDemocracyWall.mp3

Related photo of Wei Jingsheng on Sept. 20, 1994 by AFP:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2021/newsletters2021-2/WeiJS930920byAFP.jpg

Related report on BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/china_politics/key_people_events/html/7.stm

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1380-W989

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1380-W989

Release Date: May 16, 2021

发布日：2021年5月16日

Topic: Exclusive Interview of Wei Jingsheng by the Witness History Programme of the BBC World Service – China’s Democracy Wall

标题：英国广播公司BBC世界服务台播出其《见证历史》节目对魏京生的独家采访 -- 中国的民主墙

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

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英国广播公司BBC世界服务台播出其《见证历史》节目对魏京生的独家采访 -- 中国的民主墙

2021年5月14日，英国广播公司世界服务台BBC World Service播出了其最新的《见证历史》节目对魏京生先生的独家专访：中国的民主墙。互联网上的网址为：

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1wyh

以下是英国广播公司的简短文字说明。

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见证历史：中国的民主墙

这个节目是关于北京的一段砖墙如何成为那些呼吁变革的人的灯塔的故事。然而，魏京生在1978年发表一篇要求民主的文章后，他被捕入狱了18年。他告诉节目主持人丽贝卡•凯斯比（Rebecca Kesby）为什么他认为这么做是值得的。

（照片：北京，中国：中国著名的持不同政见者魏京生（右边）1993年9月20日在北京的公寓里与记者谈话时笑了。此后不久，魏被捕，最终于1997年因医疗原因从监狱获释。他目前居住在美国。（通过Getty Images得到的，法新社MANUEL CENETA拍摄）

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此BBC报道的原始链接：

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1wyh

音频也可在以下网络上聆听：

http://www.weijingsheng.org/interviews/interviews2021/WitnessHistory-20210514-ChinasDemocracyWall.mp3

法新社拍摄的魏京生1993年9月20日的照片：

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2021/newsletters2021-2/WeiJS930920byAFP.jpg

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