tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971426430678948233.post2251218794624964561..comments2024-02-10T04:32:14.218-05:00Comments on Kevin Slaten's Blog: A Test for the Chinese Communist PartyKevin Slatenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892885228803292894noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971426430678948233.post-16786785488059402502009-08-30T06:35:30.263-04:002009-08-30T06:35:30.263-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.VNTuongLaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05965418640895414617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971426430678948233.post-39888027123891476932009-05-15T13:38:00.000-04:002009-05-15T13:38:00.000-04:00Although I haven't yet read the book, some importa...Although I haven't yet read the book, some important excerpts I've read provide some new interpretations of events. A great article on this: http://www.feer.com/politics/2009/may56/zhao-ziyangs-testament<br /><br />One of the most profound clarifications is the intra-party disputes and disagreement over the issue of using the military to suppress protesters. Specifically, Zhao says that Deng Xiaoping basically pushed through the action without a majority vote in the Politburo -- which is illegal under CCP procedure. <br /><br />Also, Zhao discusses the resistance to his desire to more rapidly open up the country economically and politically. Here are two quotes from that article:<br /><br />"Zhao admits that that he was initially an economic reformer, and politically conservative, with no interest in political reforms, and he says that the turning point came around 1985 when he realized 'a need for political reform from the perspective of economic reform.'"<br /><br />"[Zhao] also calls for freedom of association, assembly, demonstrations, petitions and strikes, and calls for limited press freedom."<br /><br />These sorts of statements by the once-party chief is a problem for the current CCP narrative that their was unity in the past (and currently) among top officialsKevin Slatenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892885228803292894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971426430678948233.post-30108921803092916182009-05-15T11:07:00.000-04:002009-05-15T11:07:00.000-04:00I agree that CCP will allow the book. But definite...I agree that CCP will allow the book. But definitely leave out some excerpts from the book. <br /><br />I listen to the tape. What he said is actually what most people think: Tiananmen Movement tries to democratize China. I don't think it adds in any new knowledge to people.<br /><br />What do you think?Twinkle twinkle little starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268830968016553756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971426430678948233.post-35691939803786231512009-05-15T10:51:00.000-04:002009-05-15T10:51:00.000-04:00I think the book to be banned in China is the most...I think the book to be banned in China is the most likely. Actually, banning the book in China won't even be of any surprise to me. I guess that's also the anticipation of the publishers and that's why they chose to publish the book in English in HK and in the U.S. first. -ypAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com