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...threats, together with editorials in a Chinese government newspaper distributed through the Chinese embassy, have scared many students away from participating in the pro-democracy march, said Luo Zhexi, president of the Harvard Chinese Student Organization...
...Luo said that overseas editions of the People's Daily--which activists have called "China's Pravda"--have warned students of retribution for taking part in the march and have been effective at deterring them...
...spoke with a friend at Washington University in St. Louis and he said before the articles 80 people said they were going to come," said Luo, a post-doctoral fellow in Arts and Sciences. "But after the articles only 50 were willing...
...Luo said the Chinese have responded very differently at Harvard and other universities where the pro-democracy movement is strong...
...People [here] are very angry at how stupid the Chinese government people are," Luo said. "I can't tell if people are more courageous or more afraid after the articles but it forced them to take a stand and more people are willing to get involved...