“Now that the mummies have awoken, will the terracotta army stay asleep?” has become a phrase among Chinese bloggers after Egyptian president Mubarak was forced from office.
Ruler for 30 years, President Mubarak of Egypt has abdicated, and, as the end of a dictator is celebrated, citizens of other countries in the region begin to demand freedom, democracy, and an end to corruption. Protests have emerged in Algeria, Yemen, Syria, and Morocco. People are beginning to wonder which dictator will step down next.
China expert Tang Boqiao gave his insight into the effect that the victory in Egypt could have on the Chinese people.
“Democratic movements have happened in a dozen countries in the Middle East, Muslim countries which some western scholars considered an unlikely place for any democratic movement to occur. Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East. The democratic movement in Egypt will have a snowball effect and will initiate another round of democratization,” Tang believes.
The movement in Egypt will have a greater impact on China than its having happened in any other country, Tang asserts. Both Egypt and China are ancient civilizations; both dictatorial regimes used the excuses of “The progress of democratization should be slow because of the country’s long history and the heavy burden that comes with it,” and “the citizens’ quality is too low for democracy.
“The democratic success in Egypt today demonstrates that those are all lies,” said Tang. “What happened in Egypt today is a rehearsal for China’s progress to democracy because it reduces the resistance that may arise in China during the process.”
As Tang predicted, recently there have been Chinese people renouncing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliations on the Chinese Epoch Time’s (Dajiyuan) special website designated for Chinese to renounce the CCP in the wake of the situation in Egypt.
On Feb. 12, 2011, “Xiang Yu” (pseudonym) quit the China Young Pioneers, and remarked: “The Egyptians won, we Chinese are getting there. I don’t advocate overthrowing the CCP with violence because we will have to be more violent than it and become like it. It should be done like in Tunisia and Egypt, with the united will and heart of the people.”
On Feb. 8, 2011, seven people (Liu Xiuying, Yang Yongzhe, Cao Minfen, etc.) from Jilin Province said in their statement quitting the CCP and its affiliations: “People in Tunisia overthrew the dictatorship. People in Egypt have awakened and its dictatorship is dissolving. The CCP fears people quitting it because its end has come.”
On Feb. 6, 2011, “Light of Freedom” said in the statement, “2011 is the year of reform. The mummy in Egypt has awakened. Spring is coming and it’s the time for all things to wake up!”
According to Tang, the Chinese people have an advantage because of the ongoing movement of people renouncing the CCP and its affiliated organizations. “With such a solid foundation, the transformation of China in the future will be made more peaceful and smooth.”
“Renouncing the CCP and its affiliations is the most peaceful and rational means the Chinese people have of achieving democracy. So far, 90 million Chinese people have renouncing and drew a clear line between them and the CCP. Their hearts are already in Tiananmen Square. In daily life, these people are constantly talking about and promoting it in all occasions. ”
The Google manager in Egypt has become a hero for spreading the news online. Tang believes those who renounce the CCP and its affiliations are real heroes, too, because “the process of quitting is one of tearing down the CCP’s iron walls. Now the building is about to collapse.”
Wu Fan, political commentator and President of China Interim Government, told The Epoch Times that the key to the success in Egypt was that they had a clear goal from the beginning to the end–the dictator must step down. “Everyone believed in the same thing and they did not compromise or yield, nor had any false hope for the dictator.”
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Ruler for 30 years, President Mubarak of Egypt has abdicated, and, as the end of a dictator is celebrated, citizens of other countries in the region begin to demand freedom, democracy, and an end to corruption. Protests have emerged in Algeria, Yemen, Syria, and Morocco. People are beginning to wonder which dictator will step down next.
China expert Tang Boqiao gave his insight into the effect that the victory in Egypt could have on the Chinese people.
“Democratic movements have happened in a dozen countries in the Middle East, Muslim countries which some western scholars considered an unlikely place for any democratic movement to occur. Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East. The democratic movement in Egypt will have a snowball effect and will initiate another round of democratization,” Tang believes.
The movement in Egypt will have a greater impact on China than its having happened in any other country, Tang asserts. Both Egypt and China are ancient civilizations; both dictatorial regimes used the excuses of “The progress of democratization should be slow because of the country’s long history and the heavy burden that comes with it,” and “the citizens’ quality is too low for democracy.
“The democratic success in Egypt today demonstrates that those are all lies,” said Tang. “What happened in Egypt today is a rehearsal for China’s progress to democracy because it reduces the resistance that may arise in China during the process.”
As Tang predicted, recently there have been Chinese people renouncing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliations on the Chinese Epoch Time’s (Dajiyuan) special website designated for Chinese to renounce the CCP in the wake of the situation in Egypt.
On Feb. 12, 2011, “Xiang Yu” (pseudonym) quit the China Young Pioneers, and remarked: “The Egyptians won, we Chinese are getting there. I don’t advocate overthrowing the CCP with violence because we will have to be more violent than it and become like it. It should be done like in Tunisia and Egypt, with the united will and heart of the people.”
On Feb. 8, 2011, seven people (Liu Xiuying, Yang Yongzhe, Cao Minfen, etc.) from Jilin Province said in their statement quitting the CCP and its affiliations: “People in Tunisia overthrew the dictatorship. People in Egypt have awakened and its dictatorship is dissolving. The CCP fears people quitting it because its end has come.”
On Feb. 6, 2011, “Light of Freedom” said in the statement, “2011 is the year of reform. The mummy in Egypt has awakened. Spring is coming and it’s the time for all things to wake up!”
According to Tang, the Chinese people have an advantage because of the ongoing movement of people renouncing the CCP and its affiliated organizations. “With such a solid foundation, the transformation of China in the future will be made more peaceful and smooth.”
“Renouncing the CCP and its affiliations is the most peaceful and rational means the Chinese people have of achieving democracy. So far, 90 million Chinese people have renouncing and drew a clear line between them and the CCP. Their hearts are already in Tiananmen Square. In daily life, these people are constantly talking about and promoting it in all occasions. ”
The Google manager in Egypt has become a hero for spreading the news online. Tang believes those who renounce the CCP and its affiliations are real heroes, too, because “the process of quitting is one of tearing down the CCP’s iron walls. Now the building is about to collapse.”
Wu Fan, political commentator and President of China Interim Government, told The Epoch Times that the key to the success in Egypt was that they had a clear goal from the beginning to the end–the dictator must step down. “Everyone believed in the same thing and they did not compromise or yield, nor had any false hope for the dictator.”
Read the original Chinese article.
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