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Teng Biao said Xu's conviction of democratic values, advocacy for non-violent regime change, and ability to attract supporters are seen as a threat by the #CommunistParty which, before it came to power in 1949, grew quickly through networks of young intellectuals who swore to fight #dictatorship.

How one man went from #China’s Communist party golden child to enemy of the state | #XuZhiyong | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/17/how-one-man-went-from-chinas-communist-party-golden-child-to-enemy-of-the-state

How one man went from China’s Communist party golden child to enemy of the state

Experts say Xu Zhiyong’s fate symbolises the rise and fall of China’s ill-fated rights movement

The Guardian

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mike805 Apr 17, 2023

@Norobiik "#CommunistParty which, before it came to power in 1949, grew quickly through networks of young intellectuals who swore to fight #dictatorship."

Does that sound a hell of a lot like what is happening in American universities right now? Or is it just me?

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demi7en 🎗🇪🇺Apr 17, 2023

Q: What makes someone a mortal enemy of the CCP party-state and to be unpleasantly disappeared?

A: “I dream of a country that has democracy, rule of law, equality, and justice … a simple and happy society.”

「When Xi Jinping came to power in late 2012, Xu wrote an open letter, challenging him to implement constitutional democracy. Around then, the police stepped up their surveillance on him, frequently detaining him or putting him under house arrest . Xu would end up paying dearly for his dream.」

「Xu’s will has certainly not been broken. In his self-defence, he wrote: “Dictatorship shall end, democracy shall come.”」

「However, observers fear that the long sentence and harsh conditions of jails means Xu and Ding may never come out of jail alive.」

#CCP #PRC #china #xijinping #dictatorship #humanrights #XuZhiyong #DingJiaxi #TengBiao
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