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Another uniquely China. Putting him as "wanted", but reluctant to "want" him? That the reason we shouldn't view China issue from an international perspective, but from a unique local view...
Tiananmen activist Wu’er Kaixi tries to surrender to China again
HONG KONG — The second-most wanted student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests tried again yesterday to surrender to the Chinese authorities.
It was the fourth such attempt by Wu’er Kaixi, who said it was the result of “absurd” actions by the Chinese government. He is stuck in a situation in which he is wanted for arrest and, like many dissidents who have fled, prevented from returning.
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http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/ch...hina-again
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(26-11-2013, 10:12 AM)mobo Wrote: (26-11-2013, 09:51 AM)CityFarmer Wrote: Another uniquely China. Putting him as "wanted", but reluctant to "want" him? That the reason we shouldn't view China issue from an international perspective, but from a unique local view...
Tiananmen activist Wu’er Kaixi tries to surrender to China again
HONG KONG — The second-most wanted student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests tried again yesterday to surrender to the Chinese authorities.
It was the fourth such attempt by Wu’er Kaixi, who said it was the result of “absurd” actions by the Chinese government. He is stuck in a situation in which he is wanted for arrest and, like many dissidents who have fled, prevented from returning.
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http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/ch...hina-again
Personally I don't find it particularly unique to China. Wu’er Kaixi is essentially on a self-imposed political exile and the labeling of him as "wanted" was just part of the overall narrative of branding the entire movement and its key instigators as criminals.He is basically a persona non grata in China.
As with other similar cases elsewhere that are political in nature, if he is really keen on returning to China, he ought to find some way to negotiate with the Chinese authorities in private. This will involve cutting some sort of deal in which he "admits his guilt", undertake to not participate in any form of activism and cuts all ties to overseas quasi political NGOs in return for a light sentence.
Trying multiple times to enter through brute force and decrying to the press how "absurd" the situation is when denied entry strongly suggests the guy is much more interested in creating melodrama then sincerely wanting to return to China. He is old and experienced enough in the political circuit to know how the game is played and by his repeatedly doing the same thing is a strong sign returning home is not high on the agenda.
relic of TAM incident. China got no time for him. In SG, we also have one of his type.
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(26-11-2013, 10:12 AM)mobo Wrote: (26-11-2013, 09:51 AM)CityFarmer Wrote: Another uniquely China. Putting him as "wanted", but reluctant to "want" him? That the reason we shouldn't view China issue from an international perspective, but from a unique local view...
Tiananmen activist Wu’er Kaixi tries to surrender to China again
HONG KONG — The second-most wanted student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests tried again yesterday to surrender to the Chinese authorities.
It was the fourth such attempt by Wu’er Kaixi, who said it was the result of “absurd” actions by the Chinese government. He is stuck in a situation in which he is wanted for arrest and, like many dissidents who have fled, prevented from returning.
...
http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/ch...hina-again
Personally I don't find it particularly unique to China. Wu’er Kaixi is essentially on a self-imposed political exile and the labeling of him as "wanted" was just part of the overall narrative of branding the entire movement and its key instigators as criminals.He is basically a persona non grata in China.
As with other similar cases elsewhere that are political in nature, if he is really keen on returning to China, he ought to find some way to negotiate with the Chinese authorities in private. This will involve cutting some sort of deal in which he "admits his guilt", undertake to not participate in any form of activism and cuts all ties to overseas quasi political NGOs in return for a light sentence.
Trying multiple times to enter through brute force and decrying to the press how "absurd" the situation is when denied entry strongly suggests the guy is much more interested in creating melodrama then sincerely wanting to return to China. He is old and experienced enough in the political circuit to know how the game is played and by his repeatedly doing the same thing is a strong sign returning home is not high on the agenda.
It is unique with the China gov, rather on Wu’er Kaixi. If the same happen in US or Singapore, the story is likely be different.
I do agree it is a political show, where Wu’er Kaixi is an expert.
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Wu married a rich Taiwanese girl 18 years ago, should be very comfortable with his life in US now and why is he doing this ?
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