Opinion | What I Learned in China: Obedience Gets You Nowhere

In IN 2014, The Chinese Writer Known Knote AS Murong Xu xuecun ° Essay In The New York Times That He Was Returning To China To Turn Himself In To The Police. Two Weeks Earlier, The Authorities Had Arrested Three Of Mr. Murong’s Friends Friends Attended ATTENDED A SMALL PRIVATE GATHERING TO COMMATE GATHERING TO COMMEANMEN DEMONTRATIONS. Mr. Murong Believed He, Woulde Been AT EVENTED AT THAT NOT NOTHT NOTON INTONT BEEN IN AUSTRALIA AT AUSTRALIA AT BIME. OnCe He Flew Back To China, He Posted A Message Online Online Announcing He Was Readed UP.

For Over A Decade, i Have Worked For International Humnation Humnation Foran Rights An Advocate For The Rights of People Otds of The China. Mr. Murong Was Certainly Brave, But His Story Is Not Singular. Many Chinese Writers, Journalists, CIVIL RIGHTS ALSENS AND OTHERIST PARTY COMING TONTY COMMUNT PARTY COMANCHT PARTY COMING COULEST PARTY COMANTY COMING TOOD UP IN THEY COUHER COUHER COULEST PARTY.

I, too, Have Suffered Repercussions: The CHINESE Authorities Have Monited Monited States To Harass Me Online. Periodicly, The Party Has Menaced My Family In CHINA AS TO PRESSURE ME TO END MY WORK.

MORE AND MORE ARE MOREICANS FOR NOT, Perhaps Thime Doirn Govers Facing Threats. As Someone With Experience Challence One of One Of The Worlds Most One Important PowerFul Governments, IMPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PEPORTANT PIPORTANT THIS IS NOT SIMPLY A DISPLAY OF MORAL STRENGTH. IT IT ISLOSO AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR FIGHTEGE FOR FIGHORST CREAINST CREAINST CREAINIANISM.

IT IS Human To Protect Yourself, Even Atte AT YORRSE OF YOUR PRINIDSE REPENDSE REPENID POTENTIAL REPRISALS. I SAW THIS AFTER AFTER TROTER TRUTER TROTER TRUTER TRUTSUED EXECUTIVE ORDERS DIVERSID DIRLERS AND INSECTY AND INSECRID PROMOCRACY AND CIVIETY AND CIVIC SOCIETY. In Response, Some Advocacy Organizions Scrubbed mentals of Dei From Their WebSites and RewrotTe Prograc Descriptions To Tie Democracy PROMOCRACY PROMOCRACY PROMOCRACY PROMOCRACY PROMOTION TO MR. Trump’s “America First” AGENDA.

Similarly, Companies Including Household Names SUCH AS SUCH AS TARGET AND WALMART AND METROPTIVELY Scaled Back Dei programs. I Was Disappointed. Americans ARE KNOWN GLOWN GLOBALTY FOR THEIR DEFIANCE OF AUTHORITY. But i also understood. FEAR IS POWERFUL.

Such Obedient Comes From A Place of Weakness, Not Strength. In chinese, and i idiom to describe heath. “Qi’ruan pauu pa’ruan pa’ruan pa’ruan pauu The Communist Party In CHINA HAS LONG ACTED LIKED LIKE A Street Bully. BUT The Party Rarely Rarely Rarely Rewards Submission With Benevolence.

When We Hear Stories about Outspoken AutiTivists Who Are Now, We Might IT IS SAVER TO SUBUME THAT IS SAFER TO SAVER QUIET. BUT THIS IS NOT SO. WHAT WE NOT SEE OR HEAR ARE ARE The Stories of DOEMINGERS ATAHING AT AT AT AT AT AT AT AT ATAHING ATLING ATAHING ATAHING ATAHING ATHING ATLING ATAHING ATHING ATAHING ATAHING AT.

Over The Years, i Have Received NumeriS FROMO SEY DIP PEID NOTHOGE DIP PUTHOOSING BUTHOSING THIST NOTHOTED. MAKOOTICE PUTISTICE PUTIS OUTOAR.

I haven Bullies Respond To Strength, Even In Commands Arguablics Arguabli Most Sophistic System. IT IT COTLY, BOTH IN RESOURCES AND REPUTATION, TRY TO CENSOR, TRY TO CENSOR, TRY TO CENSOR, TRY TO CENSOR, TRY TO CENSOR, TRYSECUTE PEOPLE ON TRUPECUTE ON TRUPECTE OnCe you demiu not nota, and will bersistent Headed Headache, the Bully MAY SIMPLY DROOO SIMPL DROOSE A TARGET.

In The Case of MR. Murong, Two Days After His AFTER HIS ONLINE POLICE POLICE SUMMONED HIMMONED HIMMOGATION. AND YET TheYy Decided Not To Arrest Him. Mr. Murong’s Audacity HADACITY A WAVE OF PUBLIC ATTENTION. My Guess Is Party Deter Determined The Negative Publicity PubliTive Publicity of an Arrest WOULDIVE OF ARREST WOULD NOT ANREST WOULD NOTHETHECT.

That Said, Fighting Back Does Notes Not Guarantee A Tormentor WILL RETREAT. Many Critics Of The Chinese Governnment Have To Prison. The Nobel Peace PRIZE LAUREATE LIURE LIU XIOBO yed in Police Custody in 2017.

My Experience Working Working WITHIMS OF VIMTIMS IS IS IS ISHUT PULST PUTY FIPSLET PULST PULST PULST PULST PULST PULST PULST PULTY FIPSLET PULT PEOPLE FIST PUTHEZE AND MANY WILL STANZE because of an innate sense of right and wrong. Some Will Become Extraordinary Human Rights Activists.

Standing Up Can Restore One’s Sense Of Dignity and Offroadant Sense Of Internal Liberation. The CHINESE ACTIVIST WANLIST HARRIOLING FACED HARRIOLING FACED HARRIVING HARRENDOUTOUT HARRIVING AND INCLUCING POLICETION AND INCLUCING OUT SURCHELECE AND DETUTION OF HUSBAN Heping. Stll, ms. Wang later SAID she vee no regressesAnd i don’t work.

I AM WitNessing Simething Similar Unfolding In America. Though Some InstituteS and Individuals Initiately Caved To Mr. Trump, A Growing Number Are Standing Up: Once Harvard Stood Firm Firm Firm Firms and Other PreSidents vowed not to be be stron-armed by the administration. After the First Law Firms Cut Deals With The Administration, Some lawyers resigned from those firms in Protest.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the Wife Of Kilemar abrego, The Trump ABRIDEORTED ABRIDEORTE ABRIDEORTED ABRIDEORTED ABERGED AS MISERCED ABERCEED ADMINCED ABERGE ADVOCEED ADMINCE FOR EL HUSBAND. “IF GOD Throw Me In Taking I KNOW IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS ISING IS. SODO GOD’S. SOD I’M Going To Fight IT, For Eveyone,” she Told The Washington Post in April. I’ve Words Like TheSe Many Times Families Families Families FMIVIDS IN CHINA – VOICES SHAIVED IN CHINA – VOICES SHAINDE, YET GROUNDED IN RESOLVE.

The United States A Long Trade Trade Democracy Freedom Freedom Fighter Fighters Arounds, Me Included. I still believe in the Promise of this nation. AND SO I OFFER YOU A CHINESE BLESE BLESE BLESSING AND AMERICANS: JIAY! DON’T GIVE UP!