Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Chinese premier calls for freedom of expression

The Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, called on Communist Party cadres new freedom of expression, moral and political reform in the midst of one of the worst crackdowns on dissent in the country Asia. "I will return to underline the importance of telling the truth ... We must create conditions for people to tell the truth.

As for government policy should be in line with the wishes of the people, we hear the views of the people" Wen said in a speech reprinted in the press today in China. "A country without improvements in the quality of its people and without moral strength can not be a strong and respected by others," said Wen in a speech to the new executive board released Tuesday by the official "People's Daily ' .

The Chinese premier said his country "should deepen political and economic reforms with the law and punish the immoral and offenders." Although the speech was delivered late last week, analysts emphasize the importance of its publication and its coincidence with the ongoing campaign of repression of dissent undermined China, the hardest of the last decade, according to human rights groups.

Wen has decoupled in the latter part of the policy of his party to demand freedom of speech and defend purged leaders in the past one year of leaving office. At this point it is clear that has failed to deliver political reform to meet the people, according to Joseph Cheng Yu-shek, a political analyst at City University of Hong Kong.

It is "ironic and tragic," Cheng said the newspaper "South China Morning Post, and" it is clear that Wen is the symbol and voice of the reformist forces. The fact that it appears so helpless is a good reflection of political reality China. There are people in the party that wants reform, but they are a minority.

" The words of "premier" occur after Western governments and human rights groups criticize the Chinese regime's latest victim that has claimed the fierce crackdown on dissent, the famous contemporary artist Ai Weiwei, who was detained illegally for on 3 April. The operator is the last of a total of 200 activists, lawyers, intellectuals and artists arrested and harassed since October was known that the Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was for political prisoner Liu Xiaobo, a situation worsened after anonymous calls China protests to emulate in Africa and the Middle East.

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