> Call to cancel Olympics over quake

> A Chinese association based in Washington wants the Olympic Games
> cancelled, in the wake of Monday's earthquake in China's Sichuan
> province.

> The death toll now stands at almost 15,000 people, affecting seven
> Chinese provinces. But many believe the toll is as high as 40,000
> missing or dead.

> President of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, Wei Jingsheng,

> He says the world should not be celebrating, while thousands of people
> are dead, dying or homeless.

> "People have died for more than 10,000 now and then there are millions
> of people living on the street without proper shelter," he said.

> "So to have such a scale of celebration it's not only a disgrace to
> the people who have died but as well, disrespect for the living ones."

> But he says the Government seems more intent on saving face.

> "Because they want to make themselves look good, but also for the
> security to keep their government going," he said.

> "However on the other side there is the issue of Chinese Government
> already spent ... tens of billions of American dollars."

> Call to cancel Olympics over quake

> A Chinese association based in Washington wants the Olympic Games
> cancelled, in the wake of Monday's earthquake in China's Sichuan
> province.

> The death toll now stands at almost 15,000 people, affecting seven
> Chinese provinces. But many believe the toll is as high as 40,000
> missing or dead.

> President of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, Wei Jingsheng,
> wants the international community to support his call for cancellation
> of the Games, or, at the very least, the opening ceremony.

> He says the world should not be celebrating, while thousands of people
> are dead, dying or homeless.

> "People have died for more than 10,000 now and then there are millions
> of people living on the street without proper shelter," he said.

> "So to have such a scale of celebration it's not only a disgrace to
> the people who have died but as well, disrespect for the living ones."

> But he says the Government seems more intent on saving face.

> "Because they want to make themselves look good, but also for the
> security to keep their government going," he said.

> "However on the other side there is the issue of Chinese Government
> already spent ... tens of billions of American dollars."

> <rst0w...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Who is he? A KMT agent?

> Why am I not surprised no one recognized Mr. Wei.  

> For many years Western human rights groups, democracy groups, US
> politicians used Mr. Wei's incarceration to interfere into China's
> affairs. Eventually Wei was released a year or so ahead of time and
> the US pressure groups immediately expedited his entry into the US.
> Wei was made the posterboy for made up (aka non existent) underground
> Chinese dissident movements to topple the CPC leadership, or at least
> to pressure China into US style elections, representation, democracy
> and so on.  You will recognize that our Jim walsh is still riding this
> dead horse.  Wei was given funding and all manner of honors

> WIKI: [In 1996, Wei Jingsheng was awarded the Sakharov Prize for
> Freedom of Thought. He is a winner of numerous other human rights and
> democracy awards, including the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
> in 1996, the National Endowment for Democracy Award in 1997, the Olof
> Palme Memorial Prize in 1994, and the International Activist Award by
> the Gleitsman Foundation, etc. In 2008, he was chosen as one of the 15
> Champions of World Democracy by the Europe-based magazine A Different
> View.[4] He has been praised in numerous places with titles such as
> "Father of Chinese Democracy" and "Nelson Mandela of China". Thousands
> of entries about him can be found on the Internet in various
> languages.

> Besides the well publicized essay he wrote in 1978, the Fifth
> Modernization, he is the author of "Courage to Stand Alone -- letters
> from Prison and Other Writings", which compiles his articles written
> initially on toilet paper in jail. He has weekly commentary on Radio
> Free Asia, and many other news media. ]

> which of course debased the institutions that awarded them rather than
> enhance Wei's standing in any assembly.

> The US and Western special interest groups had tried their best to
> co-opt China's malcontents and build them up as crusading knights to
> bring democracy and freedom to China.  They all failed miserably, thus
> none of you recalled who Wei or any of the past "champions" of
> dissidence were, because that is not what  ordinary Chinese citizens
> are looking for in their vision of their future.

> Enough said.  Only Americans fall for their own frauds.

> Call to cancel Olympics over quake

> A Chinese association based in Washington wants the Olympic Games
> cancelled, in the wake of Monday's earthquake in China's Sichuan
> province.

> The death toll now stands at almost 15,000 people, affecting seven
> Chinese provinces. But many believe the toll is as high as 40,000
> missing or dead.

> President of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, Wei Jingsheng,
> wants the international community to support his call for cancellation
> of the Games, or, at the very least, the opening ceremony.

> He says the world should not be celebrating, while thousands of people
> are dead, dying or homeless.

> "People have died for more than 10,000 now and then there are millions
> of people living on the street without proper shelter," he said.

> "So to have such a scale of celebration it's not only a disgrace to
> the people who have died but as well, disrespect for the living ones."

> But he says the Government seems more intent on saving face.

> "Because they want to make themselves look good, but also for the
> security to keep their government going," he said.

> "However on the other side there is the issue of Chinese Government
> already spent ... tens of billions of American dollars."

>> Who is he? A KMT agent?

> Why am I not surprised no one recognized Mr. Wei.  He was the
> electrician who posted a rather amateurish essay on democracy, etc. on
> the "Democracy Wall" next to the Forbidden City in the late 70s and
> was jailed for more than 10 years for his efforts.  When asked about
> the harshness of Mr. Wei's sentence DXP replied that what Mr. Wei
> wrote was trivial.  An example had to be made to impress on the mob
> that socially disruptive postings on the "Democracy Wall" was no
> longer to be tolerated.  Mr. Wei was given an extraordinary long
> sentence to make that point.

> > On Thu, 15 May 2008 07:50:54 -0700 (PDT), rst0wxyz
> > <rst0w...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> >> Who is he? A KMT agent?

> > Why am I not surprised no one recognized Mr. Wei.  He was the
> > electrician who posted a rather amateurish essay on democracy, etc. on
> > the "Democracy Wall" next to the Forbidden City in the late 70s and
> > was jailed for more than 10 years for his efforts.  When asked about
> > the harshness of Mr. Wei's sentence DXP replied that what Mr. Wei
> > wrote was trivial.  An example had to be made to impress on the mob
> > that socially disruptive postings on the "Democracy Wall" was no
> > longer to be tolerated.  Mr. Wei was given an extraordinary long
> > sentence to make that point.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Jingsheng

> A great Chinese patriot, who knew he would be punished, but spoke his mind
> anyway. An example of courage.

> DXP will be forgotten before WJS is.