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'Closing The Book' On Tiananmen: Hong Kong
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World Press Review, March 1991
China: 'Closing the Book' on Tiananmen--Hong Kong
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<p>Hong Kong Standard (independent)
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<p> The campaign waged on behalf of China's pro-democracy
demonstrators at times has not been spectacular. But it has been
dedicated and persistent, and, above all, it is extremely
important. And some observers believe that the years of effort
have finally paid off...Beijing, they feel, was bowing to its
own moderates and to international pressure when it refrained
from harsher sentences than [the four-year sentence] imposed on
student leader Wang Dan.
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<p> ...Outside interest in Wang Dan's trial was not just
embarrassing for Beijing, it was deeply worrying. Wang Dan has
become a potent symbol of the dissident movement. His "not
guilty" plea was yet another sign that the Communist Party
cannot totally bury the aspirations of the people in a sea of
rhetoric...It has been suggested that such clemency indicates
that the Chinese government is prepared to close the chapter on
the crackdown on students. China, however, must continue to be
firmly reminded that brutality has its costs.
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