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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A454-W253
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A454-W253
Release Date: May 30, 2009
发布日：2009年5月30日
Topic: Wei Jingsheng Gives Public Lecture at Northwestern University: Reflecting on the Period from the 1978 Democracy Wall to the 1989 Democracy Movement in China
标题：魏京生在美国芝加哥的西北大学讲座:对中国1978年民主墙到1989年天安门时期的回顾
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Wei Jingsheng Gives Public Lecture at Northwestern University:
Reflecting on the Period from the 1978 Democracy Wall to the 1989 Democracy Movement in China
In recognition of the 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests in 1989, Wei Jingsheng was invited to Northwestern University to give a public lecture about the Chinese democracy movement and Tiananmen Square on May 28, 2009. Despite that the visit was on a short notice of two days, more than 100 people attended. The large audience overflowed the classroom with many having to stand against the walls or even outside the hall. Besides students, there were also faculty and people from outside the campus in attendance.
Upon his arrival at Northwestern University, Wei Jingsheng attended a reception where he met and chatted with some faculty members. Later, he dined with the student leaders. After his formal lecture, the conversation continued into an evening reception.
Mr. Wei＇s 90 minute long lecture was composed of two parts. The first half was the formal lecture, while the second half was a Q&A session. In the first half, he reflected on the social and political background around the 1978 Democracy Wall movement as represented by the most famous essay "the Fifth Modernization - Democracy" that he penned in one night. Despite the destruction of that brick wall itself, the spirit of the Democracy Wall continued well into the 1980＇s until 1989. When Professor Fang Lizhi wrote an open letter to Deng XiaoPing calling for the release of Wei Jingsheng and other political prisoners, it started the 1989 democracy movement in China. Nevertheless, this democracy movement in China and the demonstrations all over China in places like Tiananmen Square were suppressed by the tanks and machine guns of the Chinese Communist government, causing the massacre of thousands of people.
Wei Jingsheng concluded with a discussion of the future of China. In 1989, although Deng XiaoPing successfully suppressed the democratic movement which could have changed the fate of China, the people of the former Soviet and East Block countries completed their revolution with the encouragement of the Beijing citizens. This revolution has changed the whole world. The bloody massacre in Tiananmen helped the Chinese people to realize the fact that it was the authoritarian nature of the Communist Party that made it unable to voluntarily give up power and to change with the demand of the society. The Chinese Communist Party is the biggest block against social progress in China. Nowadays China is not more China of 20 years ago. The Chinese people realize that they must rely on themselves to change China for the better toward a democratic society. For this change, they are willing to pay a huge price with their courage and wisdom.
In the Q&A session, Mr. Wei answered enthusiastic questions not just related to the 1978-1989 period, but also about the current and future China, especially the extreme disparity of the rich and poor that will ultimately trigger changes in China for social fairness and equal opportunity.
Photo links:
1. Wei Jingsheng and his audience at Northwestern University:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2009/newsletters2009-5/WeiJSlecture090528audience-c-4.jpg
2. Wei Jingsheng giving the lecture at Northwestern University:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2009/newsletters2009-5/WeiJSlecture090528speaking-c-4.jpg
3. Wei Jingsheng chatting with some audience of which many Chinese students at the reception after his lecture:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2009/newsletters2009-5/WeiJSlecture090528reception-c-4.jpg
4. Wei Jingsheng with some student leaders from Northwestern University:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2009/newsletters2009-5/WeiJSlecture090528leaders-c-4.jpg
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中文版
Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A454-W253
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A454-W253
Release Date: May 30, 2009
发布日：2009年5月30日
Topic: Wei Jingsheng Gives Public Lecture at Northwestern University: Reflecting on the Period from the 1978 Democracy Wall to the 1989 Democracy Movement in China
标题：魏京生在美国芝加哥的西北大学讲座:对中国1978年民主墙到1989年天安门时期的回顾
Original Language Version: English (Chinese version at the end)
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魏京生在美国芝加哥的西北大学讲座:对中国1978年民主墙到1989年天安门时期的回顾
1989年天安门抗议20周年之际，2009年5月28日，魏京生应邀在位于芝加哥的西北大学作专题讲座。尽管只有两天的通知时间，上百人听取了这场讲座。大教室坐不下，人们只好靠墙站着，或是站在教室外聆听。除了学生之外，听众里还有教授及校外访客。
魏京生一行刚抵达西北大学，便参加了一个招待会，并与西北大学的教授们进行了交流。之后，他受邀与学生领袖们共进晚餐。在他的正式讲演结束后，他又参加了一个为他举办的晚间招待会。
魏京生90分钟长的讲座由两部分组成。前半部分是正式讲座，后半部分是回答问题。在讲座的前半部分，他回顾了1978年民主墙的社会和政治背景。他的著名檄文："第五个现代化 - 民主"成了民主墙的象征。尽管那堵砖墙已不复存，民主墙的精神却贯穿了整个八十年代，直到1989年。在方励之教授给邓小平写了公开信要求释放魏京生及所有政治犯之后，1989年的天安门民主运动爆发了。然而，这场中国的民主运动和全国各地尤其是天安门广场上的示威却被中共的坦克和机关枪所镇压，造成数千人的死亡。
魏京生在讲座的最后就中国的未来作了结语：虽说1989年这场可能改变中国命运的民主运动，在付出了成千上万的生命代价后失败了。但是苏联人民在北京市民的鼓励下，完成了苏联和东欧的革命，改变了整个世界。天安门这场血腥的屠杀，使善良的中国人民看清了一个事实：共产党的专制主义本性，使得他们不会主动放弃政权顺应社会的需求。共产党是中国社会进步的最大障碍。而今天的中国已经不再是二十年前的中国。中国人民醒悟到，只有依靠他们自己，才能建成他们理想中的民主社会。为此，他们愿意付出巨大的代价，以他们的勇气和理智去达到目标。
在回答问题的后半部分，魏先生就听众的热烈提问回答了不仅仅与1978-1989阶段有关的问题，还回答了与现今和未来中国有关的问题，尤其是当今巨大的贫富差距必然会触发中国的革命，及向社会公正和机会平等的转型。
相关相片：
1．魏京生在西北大学的听众：
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2009/newsletters2009-5/WeiJSlecture090528audience-c-4.jpg
2．魏京生在西北大学讲课：
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2009/newsletters2009-5/WeiJSlecture090528speaking-c-4.jpg
3．魏京生在讲座后的招待会上与听众尤其是中国学生交流：
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2009/newsletters2009-5/WeiJSlecture090528reception-c-4.jpg
4．魏京生与西北大学的学生领袖在一起：
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2009/newsletters2009-5/WeiJSlecture090528leaders-c-4.jpg
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