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wasCCP mouthpiecenewspaper – “Xinhua Daily”. (Internet picture)
1. “Xinhua Daily” June 2, 1941
Controlling thoughts in order to be safe; suppressing speech so that no one dares to poison. This is the policy of obscuring the people in China’s past autocratic era. This is the phenomenon of the dark ages in the Middle Ages in Europe. This is the method of fascism. This is the way to promote culture. Retrogression is definitely not suitable for today’s democratic world, especially for China, which must strive for progress… Speech Publishing Freedom of speech is the basic element of democratic politics. Without freedom of speech and the press, there can be no real democracy. Without democracy, there can be no unity, no victory, no nation-building, and no happiness of permanent peace in the post-war world. …Freedom of the press is the hallmark of democracy; without freedom of the press, there is no real democracy. On the contrary, democratic freedom is the foundation of press freedom. It is absolutely impossible to obtain true press freedom without political democracy.
2. “Xinhua Daily” May 16, 1944
We believe that there are three most important prerequisites: first, to protect the people’s democratic freedoms; second, to lift party bans; and third, to implement local autonomy. The people have many freedoms and rights, but the freedoms that the people of the country most urgently need at present are the freedom of personal residence, the freedom of assembly and association, and the freedom of speech and publication.
3. “Selected Works of Liu Shaoqi” Volume 1, pages 172-177
The Communist Party wants to seize power and establish the Communist Party’s “one-party dictatorship.” This is a malicious rumor and slander. The Communist Party opposes the “one-party dictatorship” of the Kuomintang, but it does not want to establish a “one-party dictatorship” of the Communist Party. The main key to promoting democratic politics at present is to end one-party rule of the country. …Because if this problem is not resolved for one day, state affairs will inevitably be in the hands of one party; talented people will not be introduced; good suggestions will not be implemented. Therefore, the so-called democracy, no matter what tricks are used, is just in name.
4. “Liberation Daily” October 28, 1941
Regarding the problem of insufficient quality of the population, the Communist Party has said that democracy should not be rejected because of the low quality of the people, and democratic politics should be used to educate the people.
In the direct elections in the liberated areas, various beans were used to represent the candidates, and beans were thrown into bowls behind the candidates. Everything was held in the open air. The quality now is much better than that then. They believe that the realization of democratic politics in China is not a matter of today, but a matter of several years. They hope that the knowledge and education level of the Chinese people will be improved to that of European and American bourgeois democracies, and then democratic politics will be realized… It is under the democratic system Easier to educate and train the populace.
5. “Xinhua Daily” February 25, 1939
To thoroughly, fully and effectively implement universal suffrage so that people can actually enjoy “ordinary” and “equal” rights to vote and stand for election, we must, as Mr. Zhongshan said, “guarantee all localities” before the election. Groups and people have the freedom to vote, to propose proposals, to publicize, and to discuss.” That is to say, “it is determined that the people have complete freedom of assembly, association, speech, and publication.” Otherwise, the so-called right to vote is still just a right on paper. That’s all. ”
6. “Xinhua Daily” February 2, 1944
Although the policy of obscuring the people has created deserts, it will never conquer the hearts of the people.
7. “Xinhua Daily” January 18, 1945
The British people attach great importance to freedom of speech, assembly, body, etc. as the basis of democratic politics, and this is also reflected in the United States. Secretary Hull, quoted above, claims that this is exactly what he has been striving for throughout his life. Why do democratic countries attach so much importance to “equality” and “freedom”, so much so that they think it is impossible to talk about democratic politics without them? It’s very simple. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founding father, once said: “Promoting the rights of the people is the principle of a public world. The principles of a public world and a family world are opposite. The world is for the public, and everyone’s rights are very equal; when it comes to a family world, everyone’s rights are equal. There are injustices in rights,…so to fight injustices against foreign nations, we must promote nationalism; to fight injustices at home, we must promote civil rights.” The equality that British and American democratic politics attach great importance to has exactly this meaning… If Britain and the United States still do not allow people to have equal rights, then how can we talk about democracy and how can we achieve government by the people? The same is true when it comes to “freedom”. If the people’s freedom of speech, assembly, and body are not even allowed, how can we talk about government by the people? …
The UK does not have a written constitution, but the British people have equality and freedom, so it is a democratic country even without a constitution. From this point of view, the main symbol of democratic politics is that the people have freedom and equal rights… The trend of democracy is surging. Now is the era of civil rights. It is the truth that the people should have freedom of speech, press, assembly, association and body. The realization of democracy Politics is truth, and truth must win, so the world and China are striving to hold high the banner of democracy?
8. “Xinhua Daily” March 30, 1944
The young democratic United States has produced Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Wilson, as well as the democratic leader Roosevelt who led the anti-fascist war in this world war. These great citizens have a traditional characteristic, which is democracy, which is to fight for freedom and democracy for the majority of the people. The United States is now one of the four major countries of the United Nations in the anti-fascist war. It has shouldered the great responsibility of completely eliminating fascism, eliminating aggression, and establishing permanent peace and security in the world. From the revolutionary history of the United States, from the traditional spirit of the American people loving democracy and freedom, from the United States The real interests of the people, we firmly believe that the United States will continue Roosevelt’s democratic policies and will not ignore the voices and demands of the people around the world, especially the Chinese people.
9. “Xinhua Daily” July 4, 1945
Ode to Democracy – Dedicated to the Independence Day of the United States: From a young age, we have felt that the United States is a particularly amiable country. We believe that this is not only because she has not occupied Chinese land, nor has she launched an aggressive war against China; more basically, the Chinese people’s good impression of the United States stems from the American national character. Democratic demeanor, broad heart…but , before and above all this, the United States has set an example for backward China in terms of democratic politics, educating the Chinese people to learn from Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson, making us understand that building a democratic and free China requires boldness. , fair and honest.
10. “Xinhua Daily” July 4, 1943
Jefferson’s democratic spirit has given birth to American democratic politics for two centuries. Jefferson’s democratic spirit has also promoted and educated the entire history of mankind.
Picture of “Ode to Democracy” published by Xinhua Daily, the official media of the Communist Party of China, on July 4, 1943. (The above are all online pictures)
11. “Xinhua Daily” October 3, 1944
We respect and are willing to accept well-intentioned criticisms and suggestions from American friends, just as our criticism of isolationism should be respected. This is also based on mutual encouragement and mutual progress to strengthen cooperation between the two peoples. We have no doubts at all and believe that criticism from American friends is interference in China’s internal affairs.
12. “Xinhua Daily” March 15, 1944
How to enable the proper development of young people’s thoughts and actions… can be divided into two types. One is to advocate ideological control. This means that when thoughts within a certain range are instilled into young people, there is no room for doubt or choice about such thoughts. Another claim is freedom of thought. Only consciously and voluntarily can we have sincere beliefs and earth-shattering creative activities. This is true for the general public, especially young people. If you take the opposite path, the results will be very sad. There are many facts that show that young people feel a lot of pain under forced injection training… This method must be corrected. We believe that thought should be free.
13. “Xinhua Daily” March 31, 1945
Being the mouthpiece of the ruler seems to be free, but that freedom is only limited to the “freedom” that noble slaves and evil servants deserve, and it is not allowed to go beyond the scope. In other words, you can have the freedom to command slaves, the people, but you must be obedient and respectful to your master, and do not dare to be free at all.
14. “Xinhua Daily” September 1, 1946
To truly achieve freedom of the press, current censorship measures must be completely abolished.
15. “Liberation Daily” April 23, 1942
It can be seen that democracy and freedom of speech are really inseparable. We should regard the good examples of advanced democracies as examples for us to achieve democracy.
16. “Xinhua Daily” April 13, 1945
An ordinary but extraordinary news: It is said that the United States assisted the natives in the Marshall battlefield to implement democracy, allowing them to elect their own administrators. This is commonplace: as it should be in democratic America. This is also something extraordinary: from a country that is not democratic or has not yet been democratic, it feels novel, jarring, and extraordinary.
17. “Xinhua Daily” April 19, 1944
Democratic political life produces leaders like President Lincoln and President Roosevelt who are not afraid of the democratic system even during wartime. They are afraid of democratic criticism and accusation, they are not afraid of the public will of the people, and they are not afraid of popular elections that can affect their status. Not only are they not afraid of these democratic systems, but they resolutely defend and support them. Therefore, they were chosen by the people and are the people everyone needs.
18. “Xinhua Daily” editorial on September 15, 1943
In the past twenty years, especially in recent years, what we have seen every day is that “only state officials are allowed to set fires, and ordinary people are not allowed to light lamps.” Whether the laws promulgated by the government are for the sake of the people is irrelevant. The most outrageous thing is that the government has not complied with this law. The government requires people to abide by the law every day, but the government itself breaks the law every day. This style of work is miles apart from the word democracy! Therefore, we have nothing to say about whether democracy is true or false. The first step is to see what percentage of the empty promises of democracy issued by the government have been fulfilled? If the black words that have been written on the white paper cannot be fulfilled, what else can be said? Therefore, before the Political Consultative Conference convenes, we must first fulfill those promises. From this small thing that should be done at least, we hope that the government will show the people’s great faith.
19. “Xinhua Daily” February 25, 1939
Restricting freedom and suppressing the people are completely the true legacy of Japanese, German and Italian fascism. No matter how gilded and colorful it is, people who have tasted the fruits of freedom will not be able to taste the sweetness of democracy.
20. “Xinhua Daily” November 17, 1946
The measure of democracy and non-democracy mainly depends on whether the people’s human rights, political power, financial rights and other freedoms are effectively protected. Without this, there is no democracy at all… Guaranteeing the protection of all anti-Japanese people (landowners) , capitalists, farmers, workers, etc.) rights, political power, financial rights, and freedom of speech, publication, assembly, association, belief, residence, and movement… The Communist Party of China has always been faithful to its promises to the people and has always been consistent with its words and deeds. Therefore, every word in its program Every article and every sentence is fulfilled. We will never talk about protecting human rights in vain, but we must respect human beings’ noble feelings and desire for upward development.
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