Commentaries

12/16/2012 - 23:37

1962年夏,时任中国国家主席的刘少奇曾警告毛泽东,“饿死这么多人,历史要写上你我的,人相食,要上书的!”刘少奇视察了他和毛泽东的家乡湖南,这里有近100万人死于饥荒。有些人靠吃死尸,或者杀人、吃人肉活了下来。《墓碑》(Tombstone)对这场历史上最严重的大饥荒进行了研究,此书发人深省。杨继绳在书中得出的结论是,从1958年到1962年,共有3600万中国人死于饥荒,还有4000万人应出生而没有出生,这意味着“大饥荒使中国人口损失大约7600万”。

 

  对于大饥荒,此前也有很好的研究成果,最近也有一本出色的作品,冯客(Frank Dikötter)所著的《毛泽东的大饥荒》(Mao’s Great Famine),但杨继绳的研究意义重大,因为他生活在中国,并且大胆而严谨。他写道,毛泽东的统治“实现了‘政教合一’……一切不同意见都被当成异端……极权制度造就恐惧和谎言,... more
12/14/2012 - 10:04
AROUND noon on Feb. 19, an 18-year-old named Nangdrol set himself on fire near the Zamthang Monastery in the northeast Tibetan town of Barma. In a note left behind, he wrote, “I am going to set myself on fire for the benefit of all Tibetans.” Referring to China’s ethnic Han majority as “devils,” he added, “It is impossible to live under their evil law, impossible to bear this torture that leaves... more
12/04/2012 - 11:19
The free and open Internet is under attack.
At a global conference in Dubai this week, Russia, China, and other like-minded governments will attempt to cripple the Internet and replace innovation, openness, and connectivity -- hallmarks of the Internet you know and love -- with international controls and censorship. Average Internet users stand to lose out because, if approved, these governments... more
11/30/2012 - 17:11

SAN FRANCISCO–For Gao Zhisheng’s family, visiting the imprisoned Christian at his remote exile in western China takes days.



Gao’s father-in-law and older brother made the trek in January: The pair rode a train nearly 2,000 miles from Shaanxi Province into the craggy mountains of the desert region of Xinjiang after obtaining clearance from prison officials to visit Gao. Then they took a public... more
11/29/2012 - 17:44
(2012-11-28)再过三天就是第25届世界艾滋病日,最早揭发中国艾滋疫情的中国医生王淑平,十一年前,当局压力下无奈出走美国,但她仍心系祖国的艾滋病问题。王淑平接受本台专访时指出,中国卖血的情况一直没有杜绝,加上官方长期掩盖问题,国内因输血感染肝炎、艾滋的人数连年增加,而当局为了发展经济,竟在今年初再鼓励发展血浆经济。王淑平预言中国面临著一场更大的灾难。(毕子默报道)


 




商水县西赵桥村,一家四口,丈夫和妻子因为献血感染艾滋病毒 ,妻子于1997年夏天死于艾滋病,她是这个村里第一例年夏天死于艾滋病感染的病人。(照片由王淑平提供)

 
没有人会联想到,眼前这位温婉的女子,竟然是第一个发现并且上报中国卖血感染丙肝和艾滋问题的人﹔因为她,不少贫苦中国百姓的性命得以保存。
王淑平目前在美国犹他州宁静的校园内从事与传染病有关的研究工作,... more
11/29/2012 - 10:22
A key method for circumventing China’s Internet filters, virtual private networks have come into the crosshairs of the government lately. During the 18th Party Congress earlier this month many faced blockages and more recently China Digital Times has reported on what appear to be written warnings to Chinese who have access to VPNs on their office networks to use the services for work purposes... more
11/16/2012 - 16:33
美國華盛頓勞改基金會長期以來認識到的西藏在歷史上曾經是一個獨立的國家。1959年中共政權以武力侵占了西藏,達賴喇嘛尊者和他領導的西藏政府流亡印度這是一個世界公認的歷史事實。
 
        雖然鉴於早期西藏本身以及國際上的各方原因,導致西藏成為一個與世隔絕的封閉國家,致使西藏錯失成為國際公認國家的機會。但是隨著達賴喇嘛尊者流亡印度,並在多年的艱辛努力下,流亡的西藏政府領導著流亡的西藏人民在自己的國度以外保存下自己特殊的歷史,社會文化和宗教傳統,也讓西藏政府轉變為名符其實的,能夠跟得上時代步伐的民主政府,這也是國際社會有目共睹的事實。
 
        多年來尊者提出的雙贏互利的中間道路政策是智慧和慈悲的體現,也受到廣大藏人的支持和國際社會的讚揚,但是集權專政的中國共產黨政府卻沒有好好把握這個良機,並且繼續盲目無知的用武力去壓制西藏境內的藏人,使得西藏的政治,社會,... more
11/16/2012 - 16:30
It is a long-held belief of the Washington D.C.-based Laogai Research Foundation that Tibet had historically been an independent nation. In 1959, Chinese Communist troops invaded Tibet, which eventually led to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government’s  flight into exile in India. These are historical facts.

Due to a variety of reasons, Tibet had for many years existed in... more
11/15/2012 - 12:54
Shanghai (CNN) -- The only souvenir that Xie Jinghua has from her stay at a Holiday Inn Express located in a vast tourism park alongside the East China Sea is a room key.
The 52-year-old said she was not able to buy any of the beach toys in the lobby, walk around a lake nearby, or enjoy the ocean just outside of her window. Xie was there, she said, because she was forced to be - held in a hotel... more
11/08/2012 - 17:24
华盛顿 — 在中共召开十八大召开之前,有许多维权上访人员受到打压,有些访民被投进劳教所,其中不乏女性访民。当局不许她们的家人看望,也不告知家人她们的劳教地点。国际人权组织“国际特赦”希望中国当局立即释放她们。
*国际特赦:立即释放被劳教的毛恒凤*
国际特赦组织11月6日发布消息说,上海女访民毛恒凤近日被当局关进劳动教养所,这是中国当局在十八大之前营造“和谐”氛围,打压维权上访人员的最新一例。
毛恒凤的丈夫吴雪伟11月6日接受美国之音采访时说,他11月5日收到上海公安局的通知,毛恒凤从10月30日被劳动教养18个月。毛恒凤被劳教之前已经被刑事拘留一个月,当时的罪名是“涉嫌聚众扰乱公共场所秩序”。
吴雪伟说,他妻子这次被劳教的罪名变了:“刑事拘留当时的罪名是‘涉嫌聚众扰乱公共场所秩序 ’,劳教罪名则是‘扰乱社会治安秩序’。所以这个罪名是可以随便编的,一点没有严肃性。”... more

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