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Friday, April 18, 2008

More witches please!

You may have heard about the witch-hunt that was started after the Chinese girl Grace Wang at Duke University USA tried to make up her own mind between two groups of opposing protesters. An interview with her is available at Radio Free Asia. To me, she sounds like the most sensible Chinese person in the news since quite a while. A pretty heroic stance for a young student - applause!
A few sound bites:
"I think that this strange “anger” which we see among Chinese people right now is evidence of great psychological imbalance. It is a peculiar, twisted form of patriotism. It isn’t really patriotism at all. It is all about boosting oneself by attacking other people."
...
"It really does look just like the Cultural Revolution to me. When I was studying that period in China’s history, I didn’t believe it. But it’s really like a joke. A lot of these people think that there was no such thing as the Cultural Revolution, that it didn’t happen, but right now we are experiencing something very similar…"
...
"Actually there is a huge silent majority in China who don’t speak out. They can see clearly what is going on and they can think for themselves. So far, not one of those more considered voices has been heard. We are just hearing the rather excitable views of the people who are content to view things superficially. I think that this whole affair will blow over and be forgotten about, but psychologically it won’t have been dealt with. At least I can talk openly about it because I am in the U.S…"


Grace Wang for president! Oops, sorry, no elections in China...

2 Comments:

  • At April 18, 2008 10:54 AM , Blogger Dan said...

    She's my hero. Also Alak Khasutsang, the 80-year-old Rinpoche who tried to calm the police confrontation with demonstrators in Rebkong, Amdo. The police beat him up. An 80-year-old man!

     
  • At April 18, 2008 12:12 PM , Blogger Rudy said...

    The real heroes of this world have a tough life.
    May we all have the courage to be this kind of compassionate heroes!

     

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