Word: weis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fifteen Seconds of Fame Released from a Chinese prison, Wei Jingsheng finds his time in the spotlight stolen by seven bundles of joy in Iowa...
...YORK: ?I?ve waited for decades for the right to exercise my freedom of speech,? said newly free Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng Friday, at his first press conference since arriving in the U.S. The U.S. media did not have quite the same patience, however. CNN for one cut away to the Iowa septuplets within minutes of Wei?s starting to speak. And this may illustrate Wei?s dilemma as a Chinese dissident in exile...
...Stalin asked sarcastically when it was suggested that the Pope join the Yalta talks: ?How many divisions does he command?? Wei had been one of the most celebrated opponents of the Communist regime in Beijing, but freedom and exile may propel him into the political wilderness...
...Wei used village wisdom to urge Americans to take a tougher stand on Beijing ? ?If you look aside when gangsters abuse your neighbors, then you will never be safe," he opines. "Only when all people band together against such gangsters will all be safe.? But he was quickly eclipsed by those Iowa infants ? who, in the battle for ratings, command many more divisions than Wei...
Human rights is the big-ticket item for Clinton, and the Administration has repeatedly said the relationship cannot reach its "full potential" as long as abuses persist. A high-profile gesture from Jiang would help: the release of well-known dissidents like Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan, some sign of religious freedom, a credible retreat on prison labor. But berating Beijing on human rights only injures its sense of sovereignty and challenges the regime's legitimacy. Jiang has given little indication that he is willing to do any of those things for the summit's sake, and China experts...