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...should go without saying, but Wen??s country is not a normal state. Since 1978, when Deng Xiaoping famously announced that “to get rich is glorious,” Communist China has embraced a form of market economics, albeit a perverted one. But politically, it remains a Leninist dictatorship, one that routinely threatens a neighboring democracy (Taiwan) with nuclear destruction, harbors visions of regional hegemony in East Asia, brutalizes dissidents, religious minorities and even members of apolitical groups that it deems subversive and, as Howard intimated, maintains a vicious and culturally annihilative occupation of Tibet...
Harvard is an institution famed for its dedication to free speech—but at the moment it seems to be taking pointers from recent visitor Wen Jiabao, the premier of China, and the repressive policies his government champions. For the crime of protesting during Wen??s address at Harvard last month, I am currently facing disciplinary action from the Ad Board...
...Wen??s talk, I tucked a Tibetan flag into my pantyhose, put my ticket in my pocket and headed over to the Business School. I passed easily through security and found the best seat in the house—behind the VIPs, in front of the press corps and, perhaps most importantly, directly facing the podium. I waited and listened to the introductions and the first 10 minutes of Wen??s speech. And then he said, “I understand my people, and I love my people.” And that was my moment...
Audience members at the Dec. 11 speech were reminded of Harvard’s free speech rules when a brief statement from the free speech guidelines was read before Wen??s arrival. An insert that came with the ticket also said, “Members of the audience are asked to be courteous and not interrupt the speaker or disrupt the meeting...
University President Lawrence H. Summers showed his courage by asking a protester to respect Wen??s right to speak. I admire you, President Summers, for standing up for him. By the way, did you get a chance to show the same integrity by asking Wen to respect the Tibetan people’s right to speak...