Yayım tarihi: Pazartesi 23 Kasım 2009

FDI: İspanyol Mahkemesi Çin Eski Cumhurbaşkanı Jiang Zemin Dâhil Çin Komünist Partisinin Üst Düzey 5 Yetkilisi Hakkında İşkence ve Soykırım Suçlarından Dava Açtı
—Sanıklar 4 ile 6 hafta içinde cevap vermek zorundalar ve büyük ihtimalle Uluslararası Çapta Tutuklama Emriyle karşı karşıya kalacaklar
Minghui/Clearwisdom muhabiri tarafından

NEW YORK - İspanya Ulusal Mahkemesinden bir yargıç Falun Gong uygulayıcılarına karşı yürütülen işkence ve soykırım suçlarında aktif role sahip Çin Komünist Partisi (ÇKP) eski lideri Jiang Zemin dâhil ÇKP’nin üst düzey beş yetkilisi hakkında emsali olmayan bir karar verdi. Mahkemenin duyuru mektubunda, eğer sanıklar suçlu bulunursalar en az 20 yıl hapis cezası ve aynı zamanda tazminat ile karşı karşıya kalacakları belirtildi.

Çin Komünist Parti eski lideri Jiang Zemin, 1999 yılında tek başına aldığı kararla, anakara Çin’de “Doğruluk-Merhamet-Hoşgörü” ilkelerine göre uygulama yapan Falun Gong uygulayıcılarına karşı bir “yok etme” kampanyası başlattı. “Şöhretlerini yık, ekonomik açıdan iflas ettir, fiziksel olarak yok et ve işkence sonucu ölenleri intihar etti olarak say” gibi soykırım politikaları, geçmiş yıllar boyunca çok sayıda Falun Gong uygulayıcısının tutuklanmasına, işkence görmesine, dövülerek öldürülmesine ve kaybolmasına neden oldu. Hatta onlarının birçoğunun büyük karların döndüğü organ nakli ticareti için hala canlılarken organları toplandı. Diğer dört sanık, Luo Gan, Bo Xilai, Jia Qinglin ve Wu Guanzheng, Jiang Zemin’in sadık taraftarlarıdır. Bu beş sanık, Falun Gong’a karşı yürütülen acımasız zulmün baş sorumlularıdır.

Sanıkların mahkemenin kararını cevaplamak için 4 ile 6 haftalık zamanları bulunmaktadır. Sonrasında davada adı geçen sanıklar İspanya ile suçluları iade sözleşmesi imzalayan herhangi bir ülke sınırları içine girdikleri anda İspanyol yasalarına göre İspanya’ya iade edileceklerdir. Bu karar “evrensel yargılama hakkı” yasal maddesine göre alındı ve bu maddeye göre soykırım ve insanlığa karşı suç işleyenler suçların meydana geldiği yer ne olursa olsun davanın açıldığı yerli mahkemeler tarafından yargılanabilmektedir.

İki yıldır süren bir araştırmadan sonra İspanyol Ulusal Mahkemesi Yargıcı Ismael Moreno geçen hafta İnsan Hakları Hukuk Vakfının (HRLF) avukatı Carlos Iglesias’a bir dilekçe yollayarak mahkemenin Çin’deki beş sanığa ayrı ayrı Falun Gong zulmü ile ilgili sorular yönelten sorgulama mektupları (talep mektupları) yollamayı kabul ettiği bilgisini verdi. Mahkemenin sanıklara karşı bu kararı, İnsan Hakları Hukuk Vakfının avukatı Bay Carlos Iglesias ve diğer çalışanlar tarafından verilen evraklar ve sunuşlar sonucu alındı.

Avukat Bay Iglesias, “İspanyol bir yargıç tarafından verilen bu tarihi karar, Çin Komünist Parti liderlerinin işledikleri acımasız suçlar için şimdi adalet önünde yargılanmaya bir adım daha yaklaştıkları anlamına gelmektedir. Soykırım ya da işkence suçunu işleyen biri, sadece Çin vatandaşlarına karşı değil aynı zamanda uluslararası topluma karşı bir suç işlemiştir. İspanya, insan haklarının ve evrensel adaletin savunulmasında bir öncü olmuştur.” dedi.

Bu davadaki sanıklar arasında eski Çin Komünist Parti (ÇKP) lideri ve Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı Jiang Zemin’de yer almaktadır. Herkesin bildiği gibi, Jiang Zemin 1999 yılında tek başına Falun Gong’a karşı “yok etme” kampanyası başlattı. Sanık Luo Gan ise ülke çapında şiddet kampanyasına liderlik etmek için kurulan gizli polis birimi olan 610 Ofisinin başındaki sorumludur. Çinli avukatlar 610 Ofisini, acımasızlığı ve yasal otoritenin üstünde yetkisi ile Nazi Almanya’sındaki Gestapo’ya benzediğine dikkat çekmektedir.

Diğer üç sanık ise sırayla: Şu andaki Chongqing Parti Sekreteri ve eski Ticaret Bakanı Bo Xilai; Parti hiyerarşisinin dördüncü en büyük üyesi Jia Qinglin; ve ÇKP Disiplin İnceleme Komisyon Başkanı Wu Guanzheng. Bu üç kişi için alınan kararda, Liaoning, Pekin ve Shandong Eyaletlerinde en üst düzey lider konumundayken ellerindeki gücü Falun Gong uygulayıcılarına acımasızca zulmetmek için kullanmaları temel alınmıştır.

Wall Street Journal gazetesinden Ian Johnson’ın Pulitzer ödüllü makalesinde Wu Huanzheng’in Falun Gong zulmüne aktif olarak katılmayan hatta yerli vatandaşlara işkence yapması için memur göndermeyen alt birimlere nasıl ceza verdiğini hatta bazılarının ölümüne bile neden olduğunu açığa vurdu.
HRLF avukatı Iglesias, “Yargıç tarafından yapılan araştırmada 15 Falun Gong uygulayıcısından yazılı ifade ve işkence kurbanı ve Çin’de gözaltında öldürülmüş bireylerin akrabaları dâhil yedi uygulayıcının sözlü ifadelerinin de yer aldığı diğer kanıtları değerlendirildi. Karar da tüm bunların yanında Uluslararası Af Örgütü, İnsan Hakları İzleme ve Birleşmiş Milletler İnsan Hakları Komisyonu gibi uluslararası kuruluşlar tarafından hazırlanan raporlara da dayanak oluşturdu.” dedi.

Çince metin: http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/11/20/212992.html
İngilizce metin: http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2009/11/21/112511.html

DAHA FAZLA BİLGİ İÇİN LÜTFEN FALUN DAFA BİLGİ MERKEZİ İLE İLETİŞİM KURUN

İlgililer: Gail Rachlin (+1 917-757-9780), Levi Browde (+1 646-415-0998), Erping Zhang (+1 646-533-6147), or Joel Chipkar (+1 416-731-6000)

Fax: 646-792-3916 E-mail: contact@faluninfo.net, Web sitesi: http://www.faluninfo.net/

İlgili link: http://faluninfo.net/article/924/?cid=84

Clearharmony'de yayınlanan tüm makaleleri kopyalayabilir ya da çıktı alabilirsiniz, fakat lütfen kaynak belirtiniz.

http://www.tr.clearharmony.net/articles/200911/6763.html

 

By Cindy Chan
Epoch Times Staff Created: Oct 21, 2009 Last Updated: Oct 21, 2009

It was in 1973 that the late Dr. Hendon Harris Jr. published a book documenting what he believed was proof that the Chinese discovered and colonized America thousands of years before Columbus arrived.

His proof centred on a world map he found in an old map book a year earlier in an antique shop in Korea.

Entitled “Everything under Heaven,” the ancient Chinese map not only showed known major land masses such as Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe, but located China’s fabled Fu Sang—literally “land to the east”—in the region we now know as North and South America.

Harris, a third-generation missionary born to American parents in Kaifeng, China, knew he had stumbled on something big.

He was aware of Fu Sang from his knowledge of “Shan Hai Jing,” or “Collection of the Mountains and Seas,” a Chinese classic believed to be written over 2,000 years ago. The classic documented ancient Chinese travels and described the geography and legends of China and its neighbouring regions overseas.

Based on the map and about 30 similar maps that came from the original “Shan Hai Jing,” Harris theorized in his book, “The Asiatic Fathers of America,” that seafaring Chinese reached the Americas beginning approximately in 2,200 B.C., and were the ancestors of the American Indians.

Only a few copies of Harris’ book were distributed, but by the time he died in 1981, he had collected seven similar map books and found 23 other maps in famous museums worldwide.

The oldest of the Harris maps are thought to be from the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644), but the world map in each book is believed to have descended from a much earlier Chinese map.

Charlotte Harris Rees, one of Harris’ daughters, was initially skeptical of her father’s theory, and for years his map collection sat neglected under her brother’s bed.

But last year Rees published her own book, “Secret maps of the Ancient World,” which puts forward a compelling case that her father was right, that ancient mapmakers from Asia came to the Americas and documented the terrain of the New World long before Columbus arrived.

Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight

Currently on a speaking tour, Rees, who lives in Virginia, spoke on Tuesday at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University.

“Up until now it’s almost like the Da Vinci Code—secrets that have been hidden in plain sight,” Rees told The Epoch Times.

“It’s not that [the maps] have never been seen before, but people have misunderstood, and a lot of books are saying these are part real and part imaginary because they couldn’t believe that people could have come to America that early.”

In 2003, Rees was prompted to earnestly examine her father’s theory after reading “1421,” a book by Gavin Menzies which sparked worldwide debate. Menzies maintained that the Chinese discovered America in 1421, 71 years before Columbus.

Rees sent an email telling Menzies about her father’s maps showing that the Chinese discovered America much earlier than 1421. She also brought her family’s map collection to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., where it stayed for three years while experts came from China to study it.

Meanwhile, she embarked on a five-year research effort that convinced her that her father was right.

Throughout her research, she was mentored by Dr. Cyclone Covey, Professor Emeritus of History at Wake Forest University, North Carolina, who for more than 50 years has studied ancient American history and its association with China.

With Menzies’ help, Rees was invited to speak at the Library of Congress in 2005. And to help her father’s book reach more readers, in 2006 Reed published an abridged version of his 800-page volume.

Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, retired Chief of the Asia Division of the Library of Congress, has called Rees’ research “a major contribution to the early history of the Americas and the relations to China and other parts of Asia.”

Abundance of Evidence

But Rees has also run into resistance. “There are a few people who are very much against this. Anytime you’ve rewritten history, it’s hard to change it,” she said.

For example, an international group of academics runs a Web site that disputes Menzies’ theory. And Rees said that although schools were still teaching in the early 20th century that the Chinese had been in America for at least 1,000 years, this information was removed from textbooks when Columbus Day was declared a U.S. national holiday.

However, Rees is undeterred.

“There is so much evidence coming in from so many different areas, including DNA evidence, finding [ancient] Chinese writing in multiples places in the Americas, and people who have been comparing the Mayan calendar to the Chinese ancient calendar.”

Many independent studies have been completed or are taking place, and her book cites over 200 works containing evidence from various disciplines including science, archaeology, oceanography, philosophy, anthropology, art, linguistics, and mathematics, Rees noted.

Greater Glory, New Respect

How did the Chinese cross the Pacific as early as 2,200 B.C.?

According to historical records, 4,000 years ago the Chinese were already very advanced, said Rees. “They had writing. They had silk. They were ocean going.”

She added that a warm ocean current exists in the North Pacific that actually “acts as a conveyor belt” and pushes objects east from Asia to the Americas and then down the coast, with a return current at the equator.

Rees said her father believed that ancient Chinese and other Asians made many trips to the New World, but a great deal of evidence has been lost. In particular, China began a policy of self-imposed isolation in the mid 1400s. “It became a capital offence to go to sea, and they burnt their maps and their ships,” she said.

For 250 years, some European scholars have speculated that Fu Sang was in fact America. But without a map showing Fu Sang, they couldn’t prove it. When Harris discovered the ancient map in Korea, he was the first in recent times to make the association, said Covey.

Evidence continues to grow. Meanwhile, Rees is content to let more people know about her and her father’s research.

“The final result of these revolutionary discoveries will be the greater glory of China, East India, Japan, and Korea and a new respect for and the appreciation of the Indians of North, Central, and South America,” wrote Harris in his book.

For more information, visit www.harrismaps.com.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24170/

 

Hacking the Regime

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad like to blame the uprising in Iran on outside influences. They particularly like to point their fingers at the British and the Americans, along with a requisite nod in the direction of the Zionists--a time-honored pretext for avoiding blame for discontent in their country. But, for all the phantom rabble-rousers, there’s one outside influence that has actually helped shape events: the Falun Gong.

To most metropolitan Americans, the Falun Gong are the yellow-shirt-wearing adherents of a Chinese religious sect who hand out flyers on street corners. Those flyers describe the group’s struggle against the Chinese government, which has banned the Falun Gong and subjected its members to organ-harvesting, electroshock therapy, and gulags. But, as the Chinese have escalated their efforts to stamp out the Falun Gong, the group has grown ever savvier in outwitting its oppressors. And it was the protestors in Iran who benefited from this savvy.

As the streets of Tehran erupted in the days following Mir Hossein Mousavi’s bizarrely lopsided defeat, the regime’s repressive apparatus kicked into full gear. Among its top priorities: shutting down access to the Internet. But, at this critical moment in the Islamic Republic’s history, some of the government’s Internet filters failed. Indeed, the most utopian proponents of the Internet’s liberating powers seemed vindicated--as social-networking sites organized mass demonstrations and YouTube videos documented the brutal truncheons of the basij and the making of martyrs.

When these dissident Iranians chatted with each other and the outside world, they likely had no idea that many of their missives were being guided and guarded by 50 Falun Gong programmers spread out across the United States. These programmers, who almost all have day jobs, have created programs called Freegate and Ultrasurf that allow users to fake out Internet censors. Freegate disguises the browsing of its users, rerouting traffic using proxy servers. To prevent the Iranian authorities from cracking their system, the programmers must constantly switch the servers, a painstaking process.

The Falun Gong has proselytized its software with more fervor than its spiritual practices. It distributes its programs for free through an organization called the Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC), sending a downloadable version of the software in millions of e-mails and instant messages. In July 2008, it introduced a Farsi version of its circumvention tool.

While it is hardly the only group to offer such devices, the Falun Gong’s program is particularly popular thanks to its simplicity and relative speed. In fact, according to Shiyu Zhou, the deputy director of GIFC, the Farsi software was initially so popular that the group shut it down soon after introducing it. Iranians had simply swamped their servers, even outnumbering Freegate’s Chinese users. (Iranian Internet restrictions are more lax than the Chinese, allowing much heavier outbound traffic than the GIFC is accustomed to handling.)

But, on the day after the presidential election this past June, the engineers reopened Freegate to Iranians, as a gesture of solidarity. And, once again, they were overwhelmed. “From then on, it got out of control,” Zhou told me. Within 20 hours, the number of Freegate users doubled to an estimated one million. Zhou and his comrades were faced with a wrenching decision. They could continue helping the Iranians, which might flood and wipe out all of their operations. Or they could focus on trying to preserve lines of communication for their core users in China. “We had to restrict the traffic in Iran or else all of our servers would crash,” Zhou said.

During the cold war, the dominant metaphor for describing the repression of totalitarian regimes was The Berlin Wall. To update that metaphor, we should talk about The Firewall. (The Great Firewall is what they call it in China.) There’s a dream that the censors manning it will be overcome and the Internet will be used as a force of liberation--giving closed societies a tantalizing glimpse of the West, allowing repressed people to build social movements. And all that’s a distinct possibility. But the Web is not nearly the implacable force for freedom that some of its champions have portrayed. The world’s authoritarians have shown just as much aptitude for technology as their discontented citizens. Indeed, the race to beat the Internet censors is a central battle in the global struggle for democracy--a cat-and-mouse game where the fate of regimes could rest in no small measure on the work of the Falun Gong and others who write programs to circumvent Web censorship.

 

The Internet tactics of the Chinese and Iranian governments began innocently enough in American libraries. To meet federal preconditions for funding, libraries installed cyber-nanny software that blocked the ISP addresses of pornographic websites. This software developed by Silicon Valley companies like Macafee became widely available. And some repressive regimes like Iran simply repurposed it.

China, however, had a keener understanding of how technologically sophisticated youth might find their way around such filters and set out to create a more stalwart firewall. According to Chinese dissident Harry Wu, the state spent $800 million and enlisted the help of U.S. tech giants like Nortel and Cisco Systems to develop an initiative called the Golden Shield. This was a massive effort to harness technology to control and monitor the citizenry, leading to the creation of digital identification cards containing a microchip that stores a person’s vital statistics (age, name, address, etc.) and a database that gives the state the capacity to recognize the voices and faces of its 1.3 billion people.

From the start, the Golden Shield was positioned to build an impenetrable firewall. That’s because China’s Internet traffic enters the country in fiber optic cables at only three locations. At these chokepoints, filters block many sites that have been flagged as unacceptable and scan unfamiliar sites for keywords (like “falun gong”) that suggest subversiveness. Robert Guerra, the project director for Freedom House’s Internet Freedom Initiative, compared China’s Internet infrastructure to a national highway system that is riddled with potholes and speed traps. “Even if you drove a Porsche on that highway, you would never be able to drive the car to its full capacity.”

Success doesn’t merely depend on technology. A large bureaucracy is deployed to fine-tune and enhance the filters--giving the Chinese the capacity to allow users to read The New York Times while denying them articles in the Times that the regime deems dangerous. And that full-time bureaucracy is supplemented by hundreds of thousands of nationalistic part-timers who are paid to post pro-government comments on blogs and to drown out dissenting voices in Web forums. These bloggers are called the Fifty Cent Army, indicating that Chinese Web labor is cheap.

The Golden Shield has become the envy of the authoritarian world. China has exported its technology to countries like Cuba and Belarus, according to Reporters Without Borders. And others, such as Iran, have studied their model. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard, for instance, has gotten into the game of Web censorship as part of a new initiative to counter what the regime dubs “soft revolution.”

For all the success of the Golden Shield, there are still gaps that it can’t fill. Censors have struggled to squash homegrown blogs, which can’t be blocked at inbound chokepoints (although newfangled local Internet providers have censored these sites). The Falun Gong understands the gaps. It has probed for them and then rushed through them.

The Chinese assault on the Falun Gong has been ruthless. Since 1999, when the government outlawed the group, hundreds of its practitioners and most of the group’s leading figures have been arrested and then abused. A January 2002 Human Rights Watch report on the crackdown said, “[S]erious human rights violations--including restrictions on freedom of thought, belief, and expression, wrongful detention, unfair trials, torture, and deaths in custody--have accompanied the Chinese government response to Falun Gong.” Unlike many international human rights groups, whose sites will sporadically load, the Falun Gong pages have been comprehensively blocked.

For the Falun Gong, whose members are treated like terrorists, the Web is the only vehicle for connecting its underground to the world. Following the July 1999 crackdowns, the Internet also became the only venue for the group to counter the Chinese government’s propaganda campaign against it.

The Falun Gong does not keep records of its membership in the United States or around the world. Nor does the group have a formal hierarchy. The closest thing the organization has to a leader is Li Hongzhi, whom practitioners call “teacher” and who currently resides in New York state. Falun Gong’s practitioners happen to include a number of talented engineers employed by tech companies like Microsoft and Google, as well as by government agencies like NASA. And, in the face of the crackdown, and at the height of the dot-com bubble, the Falun Gong launched its own tech division, the GIFC.

For all their cleverness, members found themselves constantly outmaneuvered. They would devise a strategy that would break past China’s filtering tools, only to find their new sites quickly hacked or stymied. In 2002, though, they had their Freegate breakthrough. According to David Tian, a programmer with the GIFC and a research scientist at nasa, Freegate was unique because it not only disguised the ISP addresses, or Web destinations, but also cloaked the traffic signatures, or the ways in which the Chinese filters determined whether a Web user was sending an e-mail, navigating a website, sending an instant message, or using Skype. “In the beginning, Freegate was rudimentary, then the communists analyzed the software, they tried to figure out how we beat them. They started to block Freegate. But then, we started hiding the traffic signature,” says Mr. Tian. “They have not been able to stop it since.”

Even in the United States, this is risky work. In 2006, one of the GIFC’s chief engineers, Peter Li , was attacked in his suburban home outside of Atlanta by three or four Asian men pretending to deliver water. He was bound and beaten, and two of his laptops were stolen. There’s no way to prove this was not a random attack. But there was good reason to believe that the Falun Gong had managed to significantly irk its adversary.

This has led GIFC to keep their work under wraps. Their code is a tightly held secret, according to Shiyu Zhou. “The Chinese will constantly have people block you, reverse-engineer the tool, sabotage the tool,” he says.

 

The Falun Gong was hardly alone in developing this kind of software. In fact, there’s a Coke-Pepsi rivalry between Freegate and the other main program for skirting the censors: The Onion Router, or TOR. Although TOR was developed by the U.S. Navy--to protect Internet communication among its vessels--it has become a darling of the libertarian left. The TOR project was originally bankrolled, in part, by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the group that first sued the U.S. government for warrantless wiretapping. Many libertarians are drawn to TOR because they see it as a way for citizens to shield themselves from the prying eyes of government.

TOR uses an algorithm to route traffic randomly across three different proxy servers. This makes it slow but extremely secure--so secure that both the FBI and international criminal gangs have been known to use it. Unlike the Falun Gong, the TOR programmers have a fetish for making their code available to anyone.

There’s an irony in the EFF’s embrace of TOR, since the project also receives significant funding from the government. The Voice of America has contributed money so that its broadcasts can be heard via the Internet in countries that have blocked their site, a point of envy for the GIFC. For the past four years, the Falun Gong has also been urging the U.S. government to back Freegate financially, going so far as to enlist activists such as Michael Horowitz, a Reagan administration veteran, and Mark Palmer, a former ambassador to Hungary, to press Congress. (Neither was paid for his work.) But, when the two finally persuaded Congress to spend $15 million on anti-censorship software last year, the money was redirected to a program for training journalists. Both Palmer and Horowitz concluded that the State Department despised the idea of funding the Falun Gong.

That’s a reasonable conclusion. The Chinese government views the Falun Gong almost the way the United States views Al Qaeda. As Richard Bush, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, puts it, “An effort to use U.S. government resources in support of a Falun Gong project would be read in the worst possible way by the Chinese government.”

Still, there will no doubt be renewed pressure to direct money to the likes of the GIFC and TOR. In the wake of the Iran demonstrations, three bills to fund anti-censorship software are rocketing through Congress, with wide support. Tom Malinowski, the Washington director for Human Rights Watch, argues that such software “is to human rights work today what smuggling mimeograph machines was back in the 1970s, except it reaches millions more people.”

 

In the brief history of the Internet, there’s been an assumption that the little guy (the blogger, Apple, Firefox) has an advantage over the slow-footed giants of the world. With Web circumvention tools, the little guys might ultimately prevail, too. When the Iranian regime deliberately slowed down the speed of its Internet and deployed its full resources to squash traffic, it made it very difficult to upload video to social networking sites--but those videos have still trickled through.

The authoritarian regimes of the world, however, understand their new vulnerabilities. Many aren’t exactly known as technology leaders. Yet countries like Russia have pioneered cyber-warfare--and can devastate a website if they desire. A key component in Russia’s battle plans against Georgia last summer was a swift denial-of-service attack on government computers in Tbilisi. Even North Korea has developed an offensive cyber-warfare capability, according to U.S. intelligence.

And, while the Falun Gong has managed to win the upper hand in its battle with the Chinese government, it has reason to be less sanguine about the future. The Chinese have returned to the cyber-nanny model that U.S. libraries have deployed. This notorious project is called the Green Dam, or, more precisely, the Green Dam Youth Escort. Under the Green Dam, every new Chinese computer is required to come with a stringent filter pre-installed and, therefore, nearly impossible to remove. As the filter collects data on users, it relies on a government database to block sites. If anything, the Green Dam is too comprehensive. In its initial run, the software gummed up computers, crashing browsers and prohibiting virtually every Web search. In August, Beijing announced that it would delay the project indefinitely. Still, China had revealed a model that could, in theory, defeat nearly every Web-circumvention tool. 

When I asked David Tian, the GIFC programmer, about Green Dam, he spoke about it with a mix of pride and horror. The pride comes from the fact that the GIFC’s successes have placed the Chinese on the defensive. “One of the reasons they started this Green Dam business and moved the filter to the computer is because they cannot stop our products with the current filters,” he said. But he conceded that Green Dam will render Freegate useless.

In the world of product development--and freedom fighting--you innovate or die. The Falun Gong is determined not to go the way of the Commodore 64 into technological irrelevance. It has released a beta version of a new piece of software to overcome the Green Dam. Without a real chance to test it, it’s hard to tell whether it will work. But it has overcome the first hurdle of product development. It has marketed its product with a name that captures the swagger of the enterprise. It is called Green Tsunami.

Eli Lake is a contributing editor at The New Republic and a national security correspondent for The Washington Times.

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/hacking-the-regime

 

US Could Help Disrupt China's Internt Censorship

The means exist to rupture Internet censorship in China and Iran -- if the State Department will cooperate.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

THE MOST interesting question President Obama fielded in China came over the Internet, via the U.S. Embassy, from a Chinese citizen who asked, "Do you know of the firewall? Should we be able to use Twitter freely?" In response, Mr. Obama, speaking at a town hall in Shanghai, did not directly address China's massive Internet censorship operation -- "the firewall" -- and he confessed that he does not use Twitter. But he said, "I'm a big supporter of not restricting Internet use, Internet access, other information technologies like Twitter."

By Shar Adams
Epoch Times Staff Created: Nov 18, 2009 Last Updated: Nov 19, 2009

AUSTRALIA—Sun Xiaodi, a warehouse manager at China’s No. 792 uranium mine in Gansu Province, was ignored when he first began to report on corruption and radioactive contamination by mine operatives in 1988.

The military-run mine, located in Gansu’s Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, one of China’s most important bases for uranium, was pouring radioactively contaminated water into the Bailong River, Sun said, selling contaminated equipment, and ignoring safety guidelines for workers.

In 2006, after finally gaining serious attention by being detained for eight months, Sun was still petitioning and reporting on the mine’s frightening practices. Nothing had changed there.

"We have collected hard evidence,” Sun told Sound of Hope Radio at the time, "We took the samples of the water at about one in the morning one day. The samples indicate that residents near and downstream of the Bailong River, as well as residents in cities along the Yangtze River, are in for big trouble. Ores soaking into the water are being washed by the water, which means that uranium is moving through the water and thus contaminating the water."

Although the mine had been officially closed in 2002—allegedly resources had been exhausted—it had only changed hands and continued to pump out uranium illegally.

"All of their written reports were false,” Sun said,” They simply changed a military enterprise into a civilian enterprise, and continued with large-scale mining. They are still mining the uranium on a large scale."

Sun has since been arrested again, but this time his 26-year-old daughter, Sun Dunbai, was implicated and the prison term was longer. Non-government organization, Human Rights in China (HRIC) reported in July this year, that both father and daughter were sentenced to a year and half of re-education through labor (RTL). They were accused of inciting the public “with libelous slogans of ‘nuclear pollution’ and ‘human rights violations.’” Sun Xiaodi was also accused of stealing information from the mine and giving it to his daughter to supply to overseas organizations.

Australian Uranium

It is into this world that Australia has just sent its second shipment of uranium, its first from Olympic Dam in South Australia.

The first shipment to China, from the Rio Tinto Ranger mine in the Northern Territory, was sent last year.

Both deals were made possible by a 2006 agreement between the previous Howard government and Beijing on a nuclear safeguards pact. They have occurred way in advance of the agreed date for the first shipment, which was not anticipated to take place until 2010.

The Rudd government is not holding back in pushing uranium exports to China. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith accidentally let slip in April this year that negotiations were underway to export more uranium to China from the BHP Billiton-owned Olympic Dam.

Documents, which the minister later admitted were tabled to Parliament in error, said Australian officials had attended talks in Beijing earlier in the year to discuss a proposal by BHP Billiton to sell uranium-infused copper concentrate to China, the ABC reported.

The sale will require expanding the Olympic Dam mine, and will need Federal government permission to do so. The expansion is expected to increase output six-fold.

According to the Australian Uranium Industry Association, Olympic Dam is the world's largest uranium deposit and presently the world’s third largest uranium mine. Australia is considered to have nearly 40 percent of the world’s recoverable uranium but only 19 percent of the world market.

Australian resource minister, Martin Ferguson, is blunt about where the Australian government’s interests lie.

"Expansion of the uranium industry could generate up to $17 billion in GDP for Australia to 2030 and avert up to 15 billion tons in carbon emissions through the use of uranium in the global power sector,” he said in a statement.

For David Noonan, spokesperson for the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), this sort of statement sounds alarm bells.

“We believe it is unacceptable for the Australian government and BHP to look the other way and to claim that they can conduct trade simply for profit, particularly the uranium sector, and ignore all those human rights and transparency issues that are so apparent in China,” Noonan told The Epoch Times.

The case of Sun Xiaodi highlights just some of the concerns the ACF has with the China deal.

Whistleblowers like Sun Xiaodi and his daughter are being punished for raising legitimate concerns about the environment, in this case nuclear contamination and slack environmental and workplace safety practices, Mr. Noonan said, adding that it “demonstrates clearly that China is not going to be accountable in what may happen with Australian uranium in the future.”

Ferguson said the Rudd government sees Australia's economic relationship with China as “mutually very important” and a means of “government-to-government dialogue on many fronts.”

When asked to respond to concerns about Sun Xiaodi’s case he said the “bilateral safeguards agreement Australia has with China is the strictest in the world and we have measures in place to ensure and monitor compliance with the safeguards agreement.”

The Australian Greens say China cannot be trusted to abide by international safeguards, and it is impossible to monitor how Australia’s uranium is used in China.

Noted by Greens senator, Christine Milne, is the secrecy surrounding China’s military industrial processes.
Under the joint agreement Australia’s uranium is only to be used at “declared facilities,” but Senator Milne said, declared facilities are only declared at Chinese discretion.

“The Chinese government can withdraw these facilities from IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) oversight at any time simply by stating concerns about national security,” she said.

The Greens say they want Australia to withdraw from the 2006 deal because of China’s failure to comply with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty disarmament obligations; its failure to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; and its failure to separate its military and civilian nuclear sectors.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/25373/

 

Shanghai Road Signs Cost 40,000 RMB Each

From NetEase:

A National Highway centralized numbering and naming system is gradually being carried out, and Shanghai is one of the cities where this is currently happening. It is reported that Shanghai needs to replace about 5,000 signs, but the whole project will cost 200 million yuan.

The huge cost lead to Han Han, who is a writer and race car driver, to question the plans. On October 15, Sichuan News Network reported Han Han’s sarcastic comment of “a sheet of iron costs 40,000 RMB”. Shanghai Highway Management Department responded that the number of street signs to be replaced is far more than 5,000. Many signs are being updated when they are replaced.

In Shanghai, both street signs and license plates cost thousands of RMB

In Shanghai, according to media reports, the deputy leader of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau Traffic Police Corps, Zuo Tianfu said, in order to be in line with the updates, there will be about 5,000 guideposts that need to be changed. Including the replacement of highway signs, the expense of the renaming and renumbering project will reach 200 million RMB.

Han Han published the post “G8 highway” on his blog, and said that “every sheet of iron costs 40,000RMB. Does it sound familiar?

Yes, it’s the same price of the iron sheet on your cars [Note: In Shanghai, vehicle license plates are obtained by auction. It's normal that each license plate costs thousands of RMB]. This shows that, for so many years, Shanghai’s car-owners were actually unfair to the Shanghai government. Do you think this is extortion? No, the 40,000 is the cost of raw materials. Otherwise, the Shanghai government would not charge the same amount of money for their own iron sheets.”

A netizen on the XCar website said,” A spray painted metal sign for 40,000RMB. Farmed out to me, I would only charge 20,000 each. ” This comment lead to a price competition on line. “Lou zhu you are too greedy, I would laugh to death if they would pay me 10,000 each”, “Give me 8,000, and I will kickback 2,000″, “6000 each, a lifetime guarantee”… …

The most expensive quoted price from suppliers is 1,000 RMB every square meter.

In many Shanghai forums, Han Han’s post has become really popular. Most people agree with his views:” Highway projects are so dark [questionable, shady].” “These signs are so valuable? If so, I won’t go to work anymore. I will steal road signs.” Besides Shanghai,  everywhere in the country, they are gradually replacing road signs. According to reports, Foshan, Guangdong province “estimated that the number of the road signs which need to be replaced would be between 2,000 and 3,000, and cost about 5 million RMB or more”. According to the report, the cost is far lower than 40,000 RMB for each sign.

The reporter found some road sign suppliers from Zhejiang, and Shanghai and consulted their prices. The other side responded that the price of the highway signs with the highest quality is between 850 and 1,000 RMB per square meter. To judge from the news pictures, in Shanghai, the size of the signs is about 2 to 5 square meters.

The reporter also found an invitation of tender from a Suzhou City government for road signs. The quoted price relates to not only the construction cost, but also auxiliary materials, accessories, delivery, labor, machinery, storage, installation, insurance, design fees, supervision fees, labor insurance, various taxes and fees (for example imported products should include tariffs), patent technology, all the charges in the warranty period, and so on.

The official response from the Highway Management Office: There are more than 5,000 signs.

About the number of the signs, a Shanghai Highway Administration official said, the point that “each sign cost 40,000 RMB” in Han Han’s blog is wrong. Because the 200 million RMB will not be spent on the 5,000 signs as Han Han said. In fact, the replacement of the signs is a large and complex system project. The 5,000 signs mentioned in Han Han’s blog only refer to the road signs between Shanghai urban districts and highways, which need to be changed. It only takes into account a small part of the project. In fact, the number of the signs which will be changed, in the entire highway, is much more than that amount.

To update all related signs includes all the highway traffic signs, especially the guiding signs, such as entrance notice signs, entrance signs, start (end) point markers, exit notice signs, exit signs, distance signs, services/facilities notice signs, toll station notice signs, etc.; adjusting the highway mileposts, as well as changing the name of toll stations and so on. In addition to the replacement of road signs, but also in accordance with national standards to re-design and re-brand, and some key signs of the basis for reinforcement, protection, handling, etc., involving a wide range of human and material resources.

Read more: Han Han’s original Chinese post “G8 Highway“, and his response to “a large and complex system project“.

http://www.chinasmack.com/stories/shanghai-road-signs-cost-40000-rmb-each/

 

Thief Returns Stolen Wallet, Praised For Professionalism

From Mop:

Thank you Chengdu thieves! Your professional character is admirable and I salute you! I will learn from you!

This morning was the first time I’ve had my wallet stolen, I just couldn’t believe it. But on the other hand what happened afterward made me both sad and moved!

This is what happened: On the morning of November 15 2009, I got up and because it was the weekend decided to go to the market to buy some food to reward myself. But after I bought the meat and was just about to buy the vegetables, I felt for my wallet and found that it wasn’t there. I felt so stupid, all of my cards were in there. Then I ran to the local police station to let them know, and ask them to cancel my ID card. – I was afraid that someone would use it to commit a crime (I wasn’t worried about my bank cards, but replacing them would be a pain). When I got to the police station and was asked what I needed, the policeman first asked how much money was in the wallet, I said seven hundred RMB, he said that I hadn’t lost much money and his tone became less helpful (But the cards which were in the wallet were really important). I said that I wanted to cancel my ID card, the lovely police lady said that I couldn’t do that without first putting an ad in a newspaper. But I’d lost all my damn possessions, how could I pay for an ad in a newspaper? I started to feel down. I shook my head and left. As I walked out I thought crap, why didn’t the “pol.ice” ask me to make a report (If I made a one, if someone else took my ID and committed a crime I couldn’t be held responsible)? I angrily went back and said that if I wanted to make a report I could, couldn’t I? And only then did they arrange for someone to take my statement. What do you think of that? Seems like next time I’ll need to say that I’ve lost tens of thousands, only then will people take notice of me! Ya….

But what happened after moved me and made me admire what real professional attitude is! After I left the police station, I returned to where my wallet had been taken, to see if the thief had taken the cash and abandoned the rest of my wallet or not, I went back to the market, public areas near it, rubbish bins, and recycling areas many times, when I got there a few uncles and aunties who sell meat called out to me, saying buddy your wallet and cards are all here. As soon as I saw I couldn’t believe it, an envelope containing my insurance card, accumulation fund card, bank card, ID card, work card and everything, please note that they were all put in an envelope. In addition to thanking those market sellers, what I want to say even more is…!

This thief’s professionalism makes you admire him, I want to thank the thief who stole my wallet, now this is real professionalism, and I must learn from you…!
Also, readers who lose their wallets, don’t just go to the police station, look around the general area for what you’ve lost (except for the cash), their professionalism will move you!

http://www.chinasmack.com/stories/thieves-pickpockets-professionalism-chengdu/

 

Only CCP Members Can Question Government Officials

“Are you a member of Communist party?” This is a very normal question, but it has become an incredibly popular internet meme on the Chinese language internet.

From Mop:

A Journalist was inquired if he is a Communist Party member.

On November 4, 2009, a newspaper in Zhengzhou city published a post, “‘Animal Control Office’ took money from people, but did not do anything”. In the post, the journalist asked how the “animal control fee” was used and where the money went. The journalist interviewed the person in charge of the “animal control office”, Wang Ping. The journalist hoped the office would publish the budget, but Wang asked the journalist to go to the local Bureau of Finance.

The journalist got in touch with the person who was in charge of the fee, Wang Guanqi, through the Zhengzhou Bureau of Finance. However, Wang didn’t answer the journalist’s question. Instead, he asked, “Are you a Communist Party member? If you want to ask for the expenses of the fee, then you must have the permission of the Communist committee and spokesman! It violates the rules that you come and interview me first!”

As soon as the report was published, “Are you a Communist party member?” became a new catchword online. This “stunning sentence” has completely shocked people.

Comment from a netizen: OMG. Is the information of the “Animal Control Office” only open to Communist Party members? Wang Guanqi has no common sense. The money in his hands are taxes, and the taxpayers are not all Communist Party members. People who don’t join the party want to know where their money goes through the journalist. It is proper and also a right based on the law. The right to interview is written in law. None of the power of the Communist committee or spokesmen is bigger than the law.

Extensions: Stunning words appeared frequently on the Internet recently.

In June of this year, a journalist in Zhengzhou City interviewed the deputy director of Zhengzhou Municipal Planning Bureau, Dai Jun. The journalist asked director Dai why villas were built in the place designated for economically affordable housing. The director answered very directly: “Are you prepared to speak for the Communist party, or for the people?” The shocking “official responses” were the rage all over the country.

On October 27 at a Guangzhou traffic remediation conference, when a reporter questioned whether advance publication of road closures is needed, a middle-aged man who was in the meeting suddenly said: “So do I have to tell you whether or not I need to shit or whether my shit smells?” Once the phrase was reported, this person was immediately labeled as a “shit official”, this phrase was known as “the most niu official response.”

Now, including “Are you a Communist Party member?”, there are three niu officials and three shocking phrases. One netizen commented that the officials and the phrases all showed the same “Pride and Prejudice”.

http://www.chinasmack.com/stories/only-communist-party-members-can-question-government-officials/

 

Old Beggar & War Veteran Takes Leftovers, Not Money

From Mop:

A Single Sentence of an Old Beggar Moves The Chinese Nation With A Single Word

After seeing this I didn’t know what to say… all I can do is make a post for everyone…

A friend of mine loves eating tripe. He often drags me from place to place all over Harbin looking for Hui restaurants. We found a place on Jingwei road, with a small entrance and hygiene that would put some people off, but it had really authentic tripe. We ended up going there often to pig out.

It was in the fall of last year, and we were once again at the same place enjoying a meal, not at dinner time, we two regular customers were the only people there, the boss was even at our table having a drink with us, it was a really hardback afternoon. As we ordered our second plate of tripe, an old beggar pushed open the door and entered.

The restaurant was in a busy area, and people down on their luck, and people pretending to be down on their luck would often come looking for help, we were used to it, the manager was a nice guy, every time this kind of thing happened, large or small he’d always give them something, and today was no exception, the old guy hadn’t even opened his mouth, and he had fished out one RMB and gave it to him. The old man didn’t want it, mumbled no, no, he didn’t want money, he just wanted leftovers.

This surprised me — This was a real “food beggar”, he didn’t want money. I found myself carefully sizing up this old guy, he was about 80, his frame wasn’t strong, his waist was straight, the strangest thing was that although his clothes were old, they were quite clean, it was very strange to see a beggar look like that.

He wanted leftovers so a restaurant was the right place to be, but in actual fact that wasn’t he case at all. This small restaurant’s business was from return customers, food that customers didn’t eat was immediately thrown away, their main dish was steamed dumplings, which are steamed and wrapped as the customer orders them. The small boss didn’t have any leftovers to give the old man. It was obvious that he couldn’t give him anything made to order, such a simple situation couldn’t be easily solved.

On our table was a tray shaomai [steamed meat-flled dumplings/buns], every time we came we’d order some, I hadn’t eaten a bite, and my ge men [brothers, meaning male friends] also just order them out of habit. The waiters at this restaurant are very sneaky, after you’ve made your order, they casually ask: “How many trays of steaming buns?” Their tone of voice isn’t easy to turn down, and you order some without thinking, and are unable refuse their skills.

My friend also became interested in the old man, and got the waiter/waitress to take this honored tray of steamed buns to the old man, and even have him eat them at our table. We all know each other, so the small boss [the waiter/waitress] didn’t stop the old guy sitting down, and even pointed out to him the vinegar, mustard, and invited him to use them at his leisure.

The old man murmured his thanks, and produced from a knapsack about his body an enamel tea mug and asked for some water, this mug astonished me, on it, in red letters could be read — given to the greatest person! My brother is from a military family, his grandfather was a general for 55 years. Seeing these words in such an old beggar’s hands perplexed us, my friend asked the old guy hesitantly where did that mug come from?

The old man mumbled: “It’s mine, it’s mine, it was awarded to me.” We thought it was unthinkable, my friend asked: Grandfather, come sit down, come sit down, let the three of us have a chat together. The old man said no, I’m fine, don’t worry about me.

I got up and helped him over to our table, and we had the following conversation — “Old grandfather, have you served in the army?” “Yeah, yeah, for seven years!” “Where are you from originally?” “Jinzhai, Anhui.” “When did you serve?” “In ‘46, that was the year following Japan’s surrender.” “Which regiment did you serve in?” “The new fourth army, sixth division, we were the former Chinese Wilderness Sixth Column.” “Do you remember who your commanding officer was?” “Wang Bicheng, he was great at fighting!”

The old man’s voice raised, my friend and I were speechless. — A peasant from the country couldn’t know such historical detail that most people have forgotten. This was a historically brave division — Zhang Lingfu was attacked and killed by this division, which made them legendary.

We gave the old guy some vegetables, and alcohol, and continued the subject — “And after that did you serve in the Korean war?” “Yeah, yeah, the American planes were lihai [impressive/formidable], it’s because I was wounded in Korea that I was discharged!” “So if you served for seven years, you should be a cadre, how is it that you were discharged?” “I’m uncultured, I could never be a cadre.” Seeing our suspicion, he quickly added: “You two don’t believe me? I have a book, I have a book!”

The old man hastily took out a thin bag from his person and opened it, two small books covered in red plastic, one was a certificate of discharge, the other was a second degree wounded veteran’s certificate. He slowly rolled up his left trouser leg, and I saw a large wooden leg.

He pulled out a tightly bound white piece of paper from his bag and opened it, after looking at it gave it to me, silently and reverently. It was a letter of introduction from a village committee, the gist was that the bearer of that letter was was discharged from the army due to injuries while serving this village, has no children, and has sacrificed his ability to work, due to this village’s inadequate circumstances, and its inability to look after him, said village gives him special permission to leave in search of food, and hopes that governments of all levels give him all assistance possible. The official red stamp was dazzling...

Funny Snowmen & Snow Sculptures From Northern China

Winter is here and there is snow in many places of China, for example Beijing! Here is a funny post on Mop titled “Heavy snows can stop the city but it can’t stop the fun, the North China snowman collection”:

http://www.chinasmack.com/pictures/funny-snowmen-snow-sculptures-northern-china/

 

By Gary Feurerberg
Epoch Times Staff Created: Nov 21, 2009 Last Updated: Nov 21, 2009

WASHINGTON—Two days prior to President Obama’s departure for his Asian trip, which included four days in the People’s Republic of China, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a press conference and hearing, Nov 10, on China’s one-child policy. Chaired by Congressman Chris Smith from New Jersey, the participants at the press conference were hopeful their testimony on China’s coercive and often violent family population controls would reach the President and influence his discussions with Chinese communist leaders.

“…we appeal to President Obama: seriously raise the plight of Chinese Women who are every day cruelly and systematically assaulted by population control police. China’s population control policy is violence against women and violence against children—by the hundreds of millions. It is the worse violation of women’s rights in human history,” said Representative Smith.

Congressman Smith stressed that opposing forced abortion is not a partisan issue. Reggie Littlejohn, president of “Women’s Rights Without Frontiers,” said, “The one child policy is an issue about which pro-life and pro-choice people can agree. No one supports forced abortion, because it is not a choice.”

Part I on this coverage of the Lantos Commission hearing dealt with the trauma of undergoing a forced abortion through the testimony of an anonymous victim of the procedure. Those of us who were present at this heart-wrenching account of a young woman who bonded with her child-to-be and then, against her wishes, to have it destroyed, followed by tremendous feelings of guilt of being unable to protect her child, can only assume that this woman will be scarred for the rest of her life. Her story also dramatized many aspects on the one-child policy: China’s ubiquitous Population and Family Planning Offices (PFPO) enforcing draconian measures to meet population target guidelines, including beatings to her father.

Part II will discuss recently acquired evidence that indicate that the Chinese Communist Party’s statements that compliance with the one-child policy is voluntary are propaganda.

Enforcement of the One Child Policy Today

The impetus for this hearing was the revelation of new documentation of China’s one child policy, as it currently being applied today. Littlejohn’s organization, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, partnering with the China Aid Association, obtained a copy of an electronic document that was leaked out in August that describes 14 cases of forced abortion, infanticide and other measures of coercive family planning.

“Case 12” aroused particular sympathy at the hearing because there was an attendant photo of the mother, looking very dejected, and a dead fetus lying next to her on the bed. In a village in Henan Province, Wang Liping, 23, became pregnant from her boyfriend but the couple had not completed marriage procedures because of their poverty. Her family was especially joyful about having a child born into the family. But the PFPO came to take her away in March 2008; she resisted and was beaten up. Without any examination, they forcibly induced labor and killed an “almost fully developed child” who was born and cried for some minutes before death. She passed out and when she woke up a doctor asked for money to “get rid of the fetus’ body.” She told him she had no money and so they used a plastic bag to wrap the baby and put it beside her, which was shown in the photo at the hearing. The hospital sent her another bill seeking payment.

Sometimes both the baby and the mother die from the forced abortion. This year, in Jingang, Hunan Province, Liu Dan and her fiancé could not marry because Liu was 21, an age too young to marry under China’s one-child policy. She became pregnant without a birth permit. She was forcibly taken to the Family Planning Center, where poison was injected through her abdomen into the fetus’ head, which kills it. The following day, Liu began to bleed. The Family Planning authorities would not send her to the hospital, but instead Liu was sent to the Center’s operating room to deliver the dead fetus, and no family member was permitted into the room. Finally, Liu’s fiancé suspected something was wrong, broke into the room where he found Liu bleeding badly. Family Planning still refused to make an emergency call until it was too late and Liu died.

‘Brave New World’: Womb Police, Informants, Exorbitant Fines

Some facts were presented at the hearing that China’s one child policy is being relaxed or that compliance is even voluntary. Sometimes the Chinese Communist Party blames local officials applying coercive measures in violation of the law. CCP is attempting to soften its image, according to Ms. Littlejohn, who said the essence of the policy remains just as violent and that the CCP is being disingenuous. She cited evidence that the policy is mandated by Beijing, quoting a national spokesperson on the one-child policy that it would be in effect for at least another decade.

Toy Reid, Senior Research Associate for the Congressional-Executive Commission on China did extensive research on Chinese regime sources and found “The most invasive forms of coercion used to enforce birth limits—forced abortion and forced sterilization—remain commonplace in many areas of China.” He found language in the laws for the majority of the provinces that permit officials to use forced abortion and sterilization to ensure that birth quotas are not exceeded. Termination of pregnancy is even required in many provinces when the pregnant woman does not have a birth permit, or is unmarried, or violates the “out-of-plan” pregnancies as stipulated by law.

A common slogan in communist China goes: “It is better to have 10 more graves, than to have one ‘out of the plan’ child.”

Some provinces explicitly link job promotion to meeting population planning targets, according to Reid’s research. For instance, in Wuyishan county in Fujian Province, “Officials receive 15 points for completing tubal ligation targets for the year and 10 points for meeting IUD [intrauterine device] targets,” said Reid. Points are deducted for each child born out-of-plan. Thus, officials wanting to advance their careers have a structural incentive to use coercive measures, including forced abortion and sterilization.

Chinese authorities impose heavy fines to those who violate population planning policy. For instance, in Shanxi Province, for couples who have a second “out-of-plan” child, the couple must pay a fine equal to 20 percent of the couple’s combined income once a year for seven years, according to Reid. He said this fine poses as “a dilemma between an unwanted abortion and potentially overwhelming financial costs.” Littlejohn cited more exorbitant fees from a US State Department China report, which said couples pay fines for an unapproved child that sometimes reached 10 times a person’s annual disposable income.

In addition to the fines, out-of-plan illegal children are frequently denied the right of education, health care and marriage. We know this group of children exits from the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake, when authorities relented on the one child limit for parents who lost their child in the disaster; the illegal second child was allowed to become legal.

Perhaps the most insidious aspect of China’s one-child policy is the putting into place a system of paid informants, who report on “out-of-plan pregnancies and the hiding places of violators of the one-child policy. For instance, in Yangxin county, Shandong Province, rewards can be as high as 3,000 yuan (US$439) for citizen informants,” according to Reid.

Throughout China are large signs in public areas reminding people of the presence of the PFPO. Translated from Chinese, one village had this sign: “Resistance to sterilization will bring nothing but detention; refusal to abort will lead to destruction of your house and confiscation of your cattle.” Another village displayed this sign: “Crackdown with no mercy on unauthorized births, violators who can make an escape for the moment can’t hide forever.”

Reid did report some relaxing on the one-child policy in some of the rural areas, where since 2007 a second child is allowed if the first child is a girl. However, most women in urban areas are still restricted to one child, with the exception in some municipalities that are allowing couples to have two children when both parents come from single child households.

Uyghur Population Subject to Coercive Family Planning Policies

Coercive and compulsory measures are also used in the East Turkestan (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), according to Rebiya Kadeer, the Uyghur leader in exile from China, who spoke through an interpreter at the hearing. Kadeer said that while the law imposed by their Chinese rulers appears to exempt Uyghurs from the one-child policy, in fact the Uyghurs had no say in the formulation and implementation of the family planning law. A Han Chinese woman working in a family planning clinic in the 1990s told Kadeer’s office recently that they had abortion quotas to meet, and Chinese officials showed a preference for abortions of Uyghur children over children from the Han nationality.

“According to official estimates, family planning regulations in the region prevented 3 million births between 1996 and 2000—an alarmingly high figure when officially, the Uyghur population of East Turkestan was less than 8 million people. During the same period…, it was reported that 58 percent of Uyghur women of childbearing age were no longer able to give birth,” said Kadeer, explaining that forced abortions, sterilizations and botched surgeries contributed to this large proportion.

【大纪元12月12日讯】鲁迅先生在他的小说《药》中描写了被杀害的烈士的鲜血被做成人血馒头卖给愚昧的老百姓做药的故事。也许有人说，现在都文明社会了，还有谁会吃人血馒头？我说不见得，鲁迅先生此文深意并不在于具体的拿人血作药的愚昧，而是指从过去一直到现在，中国人这种坐视良善被残害而又不介意从中分一杯羹的麻木和没有良心的丑恶习性。

本文想要论述的是，中国共产党是如何使它的党徒和民众都能够丝毫没有良心谴责的大吃人血馒头的。

一，杀地主分田地中利诱流氓无产者吃地主有钱人的人血馒头

翻开中共的历史，从农村的打土豪分田地开始，就已经是流氓无产者在赤裸裸的杀害地主和有钱人，而分得粮食和土地的农民，作为既得利益者，才会让自己的子弟去参加共产党的军队。

解放后，为了巩固政权基础，夺取生产资料控制权，共产党大开杀戒，屠杀农村的地主和富农。尽管多数地主和富农平时都是老实本分的人，也是乐善好施，愿意帮助别人的人。共产党也要找一切理由，组织贫农和流氓无产者开斗争会，不管评论的结果如何，最后结果都是一样，杀头。而流氓无产者为了能够分得土地和牲口，也积极的参与斗争地主，甚至是杀人。在这种为了自己的利益而不惜栽赃杀害他人的行动过程中，流氓无产者尝到了最大的甜头，也成了中共的最坚固的支持阶层。

二，在共产党内斗的红色恐怖中威逼党徒吃理想共产主义者的人血馒头

加入中国共产党的时候，人们要宣誓无条件服从党的命令，而不管是对是错。

中国共产党正因为它的好斗和残暴的本性，从成立伊始，就不断的内斗，如果说最初共产党内部还有相当一部份人是向往共产主义而加入的，那么在之后的无数次内斗中，要么被淘汰掉，要么放弃自己的良知，放弃自己的善恶标准，同流合污。

典型的是历次整风运动中，无非是人人过关，逼著人们出卖自己的朋友甚至亲人，划清界限。在江西的几次反围剿战争中，红军白天要和国民党军队作战，晚上还要进行内斗，杀自己人。那些不愿意出卖他人，不愿意说昧良心话的人很多遭难。而知道事实真相的人，为了保住自己的生命，也不得不说假话，或者就当没看见。

经过无数次这样的清洗，共产党上层留下来的只能是那些最无赖，最流氓的人。而普通党员则被训练成为了自己活命，可以毫无道德感的栽赃陷害他人，从容的从他人的尸体上踩过去的禽兽。而这也是共产党所最需要的，也就是，一个共产党员必须放弃他作为人的良心，道德基准，只要是共产党的领袖一声令下，即使是再伤天害理得事情，可以毫不犹豫的去干。

三，在文化大革命的大运动中绑架中国人民吃右派的人血馒头

文化大革命中，许多敢于直言的知识份子被打成右派，特务。而绝大多数参与了批斗和揭发的人，也都是在知道受害者本身是无辜的前提下，为了保护自己，在经过了心理斗争之后，决定要出卖自己的良心。那时，子女为了自己能够不被说成是狗崽子，不惜与父母决裂，与红卫兵一起殴打甚至杀害抚养自己长大的长辈。配偶之间也不乏一边过日子一边监视对方，时不时的偷偷向组织上打小报告的。

那个时候，斗争的手段无所不用其极，砍头算是痛快的，活剐甚至放到蒸笼里蒸熟的都有。原因是所谓的伟大领袖发话了，给了红卫兵至高的权限，可以放手的「革」别人的命。中间不乏有红卫兵头子趁火打劫，在抄家中中饱私囊。

文革之后，中国共产党把文革称作是「十年浩劫」。实际上，这个文革，就是绑架了全中国的老百姓一起与共产党吃潜在的政治异见分子「右派」的人血馒头。为甚么文革要把矛头指向知识份子？因为知识份子有头脑，会思考，不会简单的被口号所欺骗，能够讲出自己的想法，有要求政治民主化的呼声，而这正是共产党的天敌。所以，毛泽东有一句话「知识越多越反动」，反映了共产党对于有独立思考能力，有道德感的知识份子的恐惧。曾经有人问毛泽东：如果鲁迅先生健在的话，将会怎样？毛泽东答：要么枪毙，要么关起来。

文化大革命的十年，摧毁了人与人的信赖关系，摧毁了中华文化五千年来的文明，摧毁了中国传统的做人的道德体系，也为共产党的覆灭埋下了定时炸弹。

四，在对六四学生运动的镇压的真相掩盖中欺骗中国人民吃学生的人血馒头

1989年的六四学生运动，是对于中共现行政治体制的改良试图。凭著对于共产党自我改良的希望，学生和有识之士走上了街头。但是，中共几十年来的残暴独裁本性，决定了它不可能容忍民主制度在中国的出现。于是在中共的铁血镇压下，天安门广场血流成河。

而为了逃避道义的谴责，共产党又一次耍起了流氓，那就是，为了证明自己没有干错事，大声呼叫自己是受害者，同时捂住真正受害者的嘴巴。所有的国家宣传机器开动起来，无耻的说解放军没有杀学生，而是暴徒杀解放军。

这一次，中共采用了更隐蔽的手法，把事实掩盖起来。然后仍然是人人都要对六四事件表态，说明自己支持党中央的决定。虽然很多人到现在还是蒙在鼓里，但是共产党还是厚著脸皮一次又一次的重复著谎言。这是蒙上老百姓的眼睛，然后诱骗老百姓吃人血馒头。之所以需要蒙上老百姓的眼睛，是因为共产党知道自己在道义上站不住脚，屠杀的又都是年轻的学生，很多还都是不到20岁的孩子。

一晃眼，六四运动已经过去十五年了，很多人也都开始陆陆续续的知道了真相。但是今天就有人说：「如果我是邓小平，我也会命令开枪！」。他说这话的时候丝毫没有一点道义上的内疚感。是因为，他实际上就是睁开眼睛在吃人血馒头。六四运动中的学生是为了国家，为了民族，而义无反顾的献出了生命。而在这些吃人血馒头的人眼里看，只不过是一些不识时务的牺牲品。

五，在对法轮功的镇压中使用了利诱，威逼，绑架和欺骗人们吃人血馒头

自从1992年李洪志大师传出法轮功之后，短短七年时间，近1亿中国人学习法轮功，普遍人心向善，身体康复，道德回升。而以欺骗，暴力，斗争为哲学的共产党是无法容忍信仰真，善，忍的法轮功学员的大量出现的。于是，以江泽民为首的共产党开始了这场对于法轮功的残酷镇压。

为了促使公检法的相关执法人员可以无视法律，无视道德和良心的滥施酷刑，对法轮功学员进行疯狂的转化和肉体消灭。江泽民一伙以金钱作为诱饵，转化一个法轮功学员奖励几千元。甚至对于普通老百姓，只要举报法轮功学员，就可以得到很大一笔钱。这些人在执行对法轮功的镇压的具体过程中，完全放弃了作为人的最低道德基准，疯狂的牟取个人利益。他们在对于法轮功学员的疯狂转化中获得升迁和奖金，在对法轮功学员的肉体折磨中获取变态的快感，在对法轮功学员的抄家和勒索中牟取不义之财。甚至一些地方出现了活活解剖法轮功学员，进行人体器官贩卖。这些人已经不满足吃人血馒头，他们在直接的喝人血。

为了消灭对于法轮功的同情的声音，江泽民为首的共产党在党内和企事业单位实行了人人过关，法轮功问题可以作为对领导干部考核的一票否决权。亲人中有练习法轮功的，工人可能要面临下岗，领导干部会影响前程。支持法轮功的人士甚至被拘禁拷打。在这种直接施加的恐怖压力中，多少家庭破裂，甚至出现了骨肉相残的惨案。企事业单位的领导很多直接参与了对法轮功学员的转化和迫害。在这个过程中，一方面参与者是被来自更高层的压力所迫，参与了吃人血馒头的迫害，另一方面，他们又向他们的下一层继续施加压力，迫使更多的人参与到这种吃人血馒头的行列中。法轮功学员冒著生命危险向他们讲著真相，一方面明白了真相的人很多停止了对法轮功的迫害，另一方面还有一些人为了自己的利益还在继续的干著。

为了在全社会大范围的镇压法轮功，共产党还发动了大规模的运动。比如让全国的学校学生都要签名反对法轮功，即使这些学生还不知道甚么是法轮功。这一场运动使无数的中国老百姓被中共绑架式的绑到了法轮功的对立面。中共几十年来的运动史告诉人们，对法轮功是又一次精神运动。所以，一些经历了文革的曾经练习过法轮功的人，一看到对法轮功的镇压开始，就马上「自觉」的站到了中共一面，助纣为虐。因为历次的运动告诉他们，只要能够努力挤到95%的人群里面，就可以保证自己的安全，而且，自己也可以不为自己所作所为付出代价。因为，即使将来平反了，也会把错位归纳为少数几个人的错，自己是和绝大多数人在一起的，所以自己是安全的。这些人中，有的是被动的，而有的是主动地在吃著人血馒头。

为了煽动对法轮功的仇恨，江泽民一伙炮制了大量的谎言，开动了所有的国家宣传机器来诬蔑法轮功。而同时，通过收缴，销毁法轮功书籍来保证人们找不到验证他们谎言的证据。同时，对于讲真相，发真相传单的法轮功学员，又花最大力气进行抓捕并进行残酷迫害。比如进行电视插播的刘成军就在遭受了长时间的酷刑折磨之后被迫害致死。正如同对六四真相的掩盖一样，共产党使出了浑身解数。而有一些被共产党意识同化的人，居然也说：「如果我是江泽民，我也会镇压法轮功！」。

共产党所宣扬的变异历史观，使人们相信，死一些人算不了甚么，只要绝大多数人得到实惠，也是值得的。这一观点在张艺谋导演的《英雄》一片里面充分的表现出来了，虽然秦始皇杀人如麻，但是他统一了中国，所以他做得对，这就是今天中国人被共产党的变异历史观所灌输下的典型心态。所以我们也就不难理解，为甚么今天会有人说如果他是邓小平，他也会命令军队对学生开枪，如果他是江泽民，他也会镇压法轮功。因为他们忽略了作为人应该有的人性和正义的存在。所有的一切都变成了一种实惠和利益优先的判断原则，也就是说，如果利益就是人血馒头，他乐得吃人血馒头，而不管是不是有人为此付出了生命。

中国共产党是一个嗜血成性的怪兽，它的政权是建立在流血的基础上的，为了使它自己的政权稳固，它必须利诱，威逼，绑架，欺骗 95%的人去吃它所杀戮的5%的人的人血馒头。而中国人，在经历了共产党几十年来的血雨腥风的政治运动之后，也摸到了这种窍门，默契的配合，使共产党在一次又一次的嗜血运动中得逞。

而这一次，在对法轮功的镇压上，共产党失算了，因为它所面对的一群人，不同于历史上它所迫害的所有人群。法轮功学员是有著大善大忍之心的，有著崇高信仰的一大群人。在5年来的血雨腥风中，他们没有在压力面前倒下，也没有像中共所期望的那样被分化瓦解。反而，在这几年的讲清真相的过程中，他们越来越看清了中共的残暴本质，越来越理智清醒。越来越多的中国人民看清了这场迫害的真实情况，越来越多的人在反思，拒绝中共发给的人血馒头。而中国共产党在这一场轰轰烈烈的运动中，越来越发现自己底气不足，外强中乾，在镇压法轮功的运动中骑虎难下。

为了维护自己的统治，中国共产党从来不会承认自己干过错事，它利用对舆论工具的绝对控制，对老百姓进行不断的洗脑，目的就是要人们认同它并接受它的思维模式。

中国共产党在欺骗民众掩盖真像中求生存，在血腥镇压中持续不断的消灭异己，在疯狂鼓吹极端民族主义中转化社会矛盾，在虚假的经济数字中寻找政权的合法性，在默许全党上下的内部贪污中获得党内的团结和凝聚力。

但是，我们相信，在不久的将来，谎言终将破灭，共产党所面临的解体命运已在劫难逃，它在历史上所犯下的一切罪都将被清算。在此，让我们向那些敢于向嗜血怪兽说不的勇敢的人们致敬！同时，警告那些嘴里含著，手里拿著人血馒头的人们：吐出，扔掉人血馒头吧，现在还来得及，不要等到在道德和正义的法庭上再后悔。

2004年12月12日星期日

http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/12/12/n745125.htm