Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 18:33:31 +0100 (MET)
From: rolf.martens-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se (Rolf Martens)
Subject: Re: Re[2]: M-G: dissident.


Liam wrote, quoting me:

>                   Thanks for the below info, Liam.
>
>OK, that Wei Jingsheng since long was a reactionary
>himself. But such pieces of information are of interest
>anyway - it's not always that one picks them up from
>the bourgeois media.
>
>Rolf M.
>                   He may be a reactiontionary.My only interest was the
>                   reason for his release.Is China bowing to some
>                   outside pressure?
>
>                                       Liam R.Flynn
>                                  liam-AT-stones.com
>                                       ICQ*5031073

More like "giving a sop" to some US forces than actually
bowing to pressure. The fascist nature of the present
Chinese regime in infamous all over the world. - I do
hear that they cannot suppress Net access, for instance,
as much as they no doubt would have wanted. - In this
situation, there's criticism from various directions,
from the forces representing the peoples of the world
and also a hypocritical "criticism" from some US
imperialists, who want *their* propagandists, such as
is probably more or less Wei, to have a free rein.

The freeing of Wei probably should be considered first
of all a reactionary Chinese-US government "handshake".
In its secondary aspect, it *perhaps* is a good thing too,
setting a kind of precedent for the treatment of other
protesters against the regime. Of this, one cannot be
quite certain either, I think. A noteworthy fact and
a certain change in the Chinese government's style it
is anyway.

Rolf M.



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