âhistorical purposeâ of the Chinese revolution….rejecting
âthe scientific and guiding value of Mao Zedong thought,â….âtantamount to denying the legitimacy of the CCPâ…….âI admit that what I have done touched on legal issues and threatened national interests….My
actions were very wrongâ
Next time, any damn fool of a 70-year old lady dares complain about how Hindu imperialism imposed slavery on Shudras and Dalits or how Muslim-Anglican imperialism imposed slavery on the rest of us, we can always compel them to repent publicly for having committed one of the seven deadly sins- “historical nihilism.”
The seven deadly sins are appropriately named from a sense of forbidden fruit. God forbid the Chinese get a taste of the free press and free elections – it may lead to statues of Mao being toppled in public squares. So much devotion for the greatest mass murderer in history…it is awe inspiring indeed.
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was taken into custody, one of several human rights activists rounded up
to keep them from observing the 25th anniversary of the massacre of
student protesters by government troops in Tiananmen Square.
Shortly
afterwards, Gao appeared on television, confessing to a specific
offense: leaking what the Chinese news agency Xinhua described as a
âhighly confidential documentâ to a foreign website.
threatened national interests,â she said, according to the BBC. âMy
actions were very wrong.â
warplane or cyberattack. Not even details about the real health of
Chinaâs economy or major industries. Rather, as her lawyer has all but
acknowledged, the secret paper Gao made public was âDocument Number 9,â
issued a year earlier by the main administrative office of Chinaâs
Communist party.
Ideological Sphere,â it demonstrates what the leadership of China
regards as truly threatening: not the Westâs economic or military might
but its political and philosophical ideas.
to instruct the party faithful throughout China on official doctrine as
promulgated by the Central Committee and, importantly at that time,
newly chosen President Xi Jinping. Like the others, Document Number 9
was meant to be discussed at local party meetings and inform party-run
publications and websites, but was not for public consumption. It opens a
window into what Chinaâs normally secretive government officials are
thinking, or at least want loyalists to think, which, thanks to the
unfortunate Gao Yu, everyone can now know.
positions, and activitiesâ that the party leadership believes are
spreading in the country and endangering âthe great rejuvenation of the
Chinese nation.â Foremost among them is âWestern Constitutional
democracy,â the idea that good governance requires a separation of
powers, general elections, a multiparty system, an independent
judiciary, and other features. According to Document Number 9, Chinaâs
system of government should reflect âChinese characteristics.â It should
place âthe Partyâs leadershipâ and âthe Peopleâs Democracyâ ahead of
the political and legal processes championed by the West.
âuniversal valuesâ amounts to claiming âthat the Westâs value system
defies time and space, transcends nation and class, and applies to all
humanity.â Such arguments are âconfusing and deceptive,â they contend,
because Chinaâand âSocialismââshould subscribe to fundamentally
different values.
Document Number 9 dismisses âpromoting civil societyâ as based on the
idea that âin the social sphere, individual rights are paramount and
ought to be immune to obstruction by the stateâ; it pits âthe Party
against the masses.â
private property and markets to shape economic activity, fare any
better. The âcatastrophic consequencesâ that have occurred in âLatin
America, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europeâ show its flaws, the
authors write, and underscore the dangers of efforts âto weaken the
governmentâs control of the national economy.â
says Document Number 9, which challenges âChinaâs principle that the
media and publishing system should be subject to Party discipline.â
Those who embrace it âgouge an opening through which to infiltrate our
ideology.â
nihilism,â which Document Number 9 defines as the repudiation of the
âhistorical purposeâ of the Chinese revolution, such as by rejecting
âthe scientific and guiding value of Mao Zedong thought,â is not only
mistaken, but also âtantamount to denying the legitimacy of the CCPâs
long-term political dominance.â
public policies, even in the name of âreformâ or of âopening,â is
impermissible.
governmentâs current course will âdisturb peopleâs existing consensus on
important issues like which flag to raise, which road to take, which
goals to pursue, etc.,â ultimately retarding Chinaâs âstable progress.â
âTibetan self-immolation,â âterrorist attacks in Xinjiang,â and the
breakup of China along ethnic and religious lines, among other dire
consequences.
followers to work harder in the âideological sphere.â They should do
more to âdistinguish between true and false theoriesâ and be steadfast
in their efforts to control the media. âWe must reinforce our management
of all types and levels of propaganda on the cultural front, perfect
and carry out related administrative systems, and allow absolutely no
opportunity or outlets for incorrect thinking or viewpoints to spread,â
Document Number 9 concludes.
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Link: http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/forbidden-thoughts_795409.html
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regards