Wei Jingsheng

The great Chinese dissident recalls the beginning of arbitrary arrests (of which he was the first victim) and warns: the detention of intellectual figures is reminiscent of the first sad steps that led to Mao Zedong’s disastrous cultural revolution.

Governing through violence and using dictatorial means to deal with challenges have led to uprising in Africa and the Middle East. The next country will be China, where the government has trampled on the rule of law and lost the trust of the people. If they want to avoid a fall, Chinese rulers must start a process of democratic reform as soon as possible. Here is the analysis of the situation by a major Chinese dissident.

The struggle for democracy, be it Chinese or Arabic, must properly evaluate the strength of the dictators and the movement to overturn them. Democracy and human rights in China, are songs sung only by an elite: the need to mobilize the masses without dealing with the tyrants. The analysis of the great Chinese dissident.

One of the major Chinese dissidents analyzes the behaviour of the Chinese Communist Party - which censors and minimizes reports of the wave of democracy in Arab countries - and draws a comparison between those peoples and the Chinese. By now, he says, "only those who speak for the people are heard. And in China the stage is set for a new popular uprising. "

During the state dinner in honor of President Hu Jintao, a famous Chinese piano player sang two Korean War songs that insult the United States and their soldiers. The Chinese leader smiled as if he won a battle. The Americans are angered and insulted. Who gains from such behavior? Here is the opinion of a great Chinese dissident.

Tomorrow, January 19th sees the much anticipated meeting between the Chinese President and his American counterpart. On the table, the Yuan, trade tariffs and foreign relations. But Hu Jintao is coming to the end of his mandate, so is more dangerous than usual. The analysis of the great dissident.

The Communist Party and Chinese business leaders, with the support of their Western counterparts, could save the world from the crisis. But this means normalizing society, increasing wages and expanding the domestic market: only in this way, will corrupt officials lose their income. However, it is a dead end for Beijing. The analysis of a Chinese dissident.

To make a few people wealthy, the communist government keeps most of the population in poverty. If they really have the welfare of their people at heart, Beijing must allow the revaluation of the Yuan and should open the market to the West.

The great Chinese dissident compares the "China model", which promotes exports by exploiting cheap labour and lack of rights for the population, with the economies of the United States and Europe. Less profits for a few create greater wealth for all: the risk is that Chinese society will explode.

The great dissident looks at the impact of the disastrous G20 on the currency issue. The existing economic system has favoured financial interests and Chinese capitalists, but has impoverished the peoples of China and America. Wei warns that if “the big capitalists of both China and the USA” are not stopped, disaster could follow.

The influential dissident looks at the US mid-term election campaign, much of which was centred on China. In his opinion, collusion between Chinese and American capitalists has destroyed the US economy, and penalised US workers. US voters have come to grips with the situation and punished their representatives.

The great dissident looks at the recent plenum of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, which has not achieved any result, except for the succession. No solutions are offered to the country’s political and economic problems, which threaten both China and the world.