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They continue to be harassed and monitored.
I read the account of few of them.
Fang Zheng:
A 42-year-old former student at the Beijing Academy of Physical Science, Fang had his legs crushed on June 4 under a tank while pushing a female student protester out of a tank's path. Fang was subsequently expelled from the school after refusing to publicly deny the source of his injuries, but went on to become China's Wheelchair and javelin champion in 1992 and 1993. However Fang's Tiananmen connections prompted the Chinese government to bar him from
competing in the Far East Games for the Disabled in Beijing in 1994 despite his promise not to discuss with foreign journalists the cause of his injury. Fang told a Singapore New Paper reporter in September 2008 that he maintained public silence and avoided travel to Beijing around the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to promises from government security forces that he would be given a job if he kept quiet and stayed away from Olympics. He's still waiting for the promise to materialize.
Ma Shaofang:
In June 1989, Ma was 10th on the list of most-wanted dissidents and served a three-year prison term for his role as a Tiananmen student protest organizer. Two decades later, Ma, now a Shenzhen-based
businessman, continues to be subject to police monitoring of his movements and activities.
On October 13, 2007, Ministry of State Security officers warned Ma not to attend a writer's conference in Beijing during the 17th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. In a blog posting in which Ma recounted the encounter, the State Security officers warned that, "If you get into trouble, we will be there, and it won't be good for you"
There and several such tales. Some went outside China for their treatment and behind them, their passports were canceled.
It looks like Ghosts of Tiananmen will keep haunting the Communist Party as long as they live. God willing they won't live long.
They continue to be harassed and monitored.
I read the account of few of them.
Fang Zheng:
A 42-year-old former student at the Beijing Academy of Physical Science, Fang had his legs crushed on June 4 under a tank while pushing a female student protester out of a tank's path. Fang was subsequently expelled from the school after refusing to publicly deny the source of his injuries, but went on to become China's Wheelchair and javelin champion in 1992 and 1993. However Fang's Tiananmen connections prompted the Chinese government to bar him from
competing in the Far East Games for the Disabled in Beijing in 1994 despite his promise not to discuss with foreign journalists the cause of his injury. Fang told a Singapore New Paper reporter in September 2008 that he maintained public silence and avoided travel to Beijing around the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to promises from government security forces that he would be given a job if he kept quiet and stayed away from Olympics. He's still waiting for the promise to materialize.
Ma Shaofang:
In June 1989, Ma was 10th on the list of most-wanted dissidents and served a three-year prison term for his role as a Tiananmen student protest organizer. Two decades later, Ma, now a Shenzhen-based
businessman, continues to be subject to police monitoring of his movements and activities.
On October 13, 2007, Ministry of State Security officers warned Ma not to attend a writer's conference in Beijing during the 17th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. In a blog posting in which Ma recounted the encounter, the State Security officers warned that, "If you get into trouble, we will be there, and it won't be good for you"
There and several such tales. Some went outside China for their treatment and behind them, their passports were canceled.
It looks like Ghosts of Tiananmen will keep haunting the Communist Party as long as they live. God willing they won't live long.
Is Huntsman the only "man of the people" in this race?
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I have not heard any other candidate talk about national unity and post-partisanship in this election cycle. I also like his message on Americans having a "trust deficit" in the institutions of power.
He's also the only candidate talking about breaking up the big banks, and besides Ron Paul, the only candidate not owned by Wall Street. (I would never vote for Paul though: his libertarian policies would make it absolutely impossible for people of meager means to have social mobility. Sad, but true.)
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I have been impressed so far with his experience (state governance, successful business man, international and foreign policy experience), his demeanor in the debates (he addresses real issues with specific plans and doesn't engage in hyperbole), and the fact that he is clearly not a "made man" in DC.
This from the Concord Monitor:
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"Huntsman, a consistent but never doctrinaire conservative, would present the greatest challenge to Obama. If elected, he would provide mature, informed and steady leadership. He has a track record as governor of bringing all sides together to create an economic climate that helped his state prosper. And he has experience garnered while serving four presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan. Combine the foreign policy experience of all the other candidates in the race and Huntsman would top it. He has played the game at its highest level, serving first as ambassador to Singapore, then as a trade representative on behalf of the United States at the United Nations and, at Obama's request, as the United States' ambassador to China.
Huntsman accepted his posting to China because, he says, as a patriotic American, "when your president asks you to serve, you do it." Such willingness to put the good of the country over party considerations is exactly what's missing in politics today. As ambassador Huntsman walked a fine line between working to improve U.S.-China relations and trade while pushing China toward greater respect for human rights and freedom. He succeeded in doing both."
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The fact that he took Romney on about divisive language in the last debate was icing on the cake. As a nation, we must come together. Polarizing language, as used by the likes of Santorum, etc, does nothing to solve real problems.
I expect that if he does well in NH, the political dogs of war will go into overdrive looking for dirt on Huntsman.
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I have been impressed so far with his experience (state governance, successful business man, international and foreign policy experience), his demeanor in the debates (he addresses real issues with specific plans and doesn't engage in hyperbole), and the fact that he is clearly not a "made man" in DC.
This from the Concord Monitor:
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"Huntsman, a consistent but never doctrinaire conservative, would present the greatest challenge to Obama. If elected, he would provide mature, informed and steady leadership. He has a track record as governor of bringing all sides together to create an economic climate that helped his state prosper. And he has experience garnered while serving four presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan. Combine the foreign policy experience of all the other candidates in the race and Huntsman would top it. He has played the game at its highest level, serving first as ambassador to Singapore, then as a trade representative on behalf of the United States at the United Nations and, at Obama's request, as the United States' ambassador to China.
Huntsman accepted his posting to China because, he says, as a patriotic American, "when your president asks you to serve, you do it." Such willingness to put the good of the country over party considerations is exactly what's missing in politics today. As ambassador Huntsman walked a fine line between working to improve U.S.-China relations and trade while pushing China toward greater respect for human rights and freedom. He succeeded in doing both."
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The fact that he took Romney on about divisive language in the last debate was icing on the cake. As a nation, we must come together. Polarizing language, as used by the likes of Santorum, etc, does nothing to solve real problems.
I expect that if he does well in NH, the political dogs of war will go into overdrive looking for dirt on Huntsman.
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