红色中国网友热议王铮成立新党

编注：路透社本月11日发自北京的报道提及左派网友在红色中国网上热议王铮建党。该报道目前没有中文译文，仅有英文原文和日文译文（后者由马列托主义者网友提供）。其中涉及红色中国网的部分大意为：“[王铮的]新党在红色中国网上引起了热烈的讨论。该网是被政府检查人员封锁的左派网站之一。在红色中国网上，并非所有的评论都支持王铮及其新党。其中一位网友这样写道：‘她所做的一切就是给习近平写信，但是她从来没有真正批过习，她不是一个真正的革命者。’与中国其他的一些人一样，这位网友得以避开政府的禁区阅读红色中国网。”

“马列托主义者”：路透社关于这个新党的报道中提到了“左派系”红中网，说该网对该新党有不同看法 （我怀疑的是为什么红中网成为了中国左派网站的代表了呢）
该新党说它不和伪共为敌，这个党到底要干什么，该报道中说有认为是新公民运动的权利诉求。
还说挺薄者对该党不是不知就是疑虑。
司馬南（我认为是毛右）说该党是闹剧。为什么是闹剧，连薄熙来自己为了留在伪共中还“违心”地认罪，而现在她居然要另立新党。

In China, pro-Bo Xilai party not seen a threat, but a demand for rights

http://za.news.yahoo.com/china-pro-bo-xilai-party-not-seen-threat-211900792--business.html

By Ben Blanchard

BEIJING (Reuters) - A political party formed by followers of ousted politician Bo Xilai does not appear to be a threat to China's Communist rulers in itself, but is another example of a growing number of citizens speaking up for their rights and the rule of law.

Several well-known supporters of Bo have distanced themselves from the China Zhi Xian Party - literally "the constitution is the supreme authority" party. Its formation last week challenges the long-ruling Communist Party's ban on other parties, but Zhi Xian is unlikely to bring people out on the streets or demand Bo's political rehabilitation.

Still, founder Wang Zheng has joined a growing number of Chinese who are willing to stand up publicly for their rights, including environmentalists and groups like the New Citizens' Movement, which advocates working within the system to press for change.

China's leaders, worried that any criticism of the government could get out of hand and lead to instability, have taken a hard line and jailed many of these activists, including prominent dissident Xu Zhiyong, founder of the New Citizens' Movement.

"There are more and more of us. We have to push the leadership and stand up for our rights," said Wu Lihong, an environmental activist from central China, who is currently under house arrest. "Only then can China progress."

So far the government does not appear to be taking any direct action against Wang, a Beijing academic, although her home is under surveillance by police and plainclothes security.

Wang told Reuters she is no anti-government revolutionary and is not challenging the Communist Party's right to govern, which she accepts is enshrined in the constitution.

Instead, the Zhi Xian Party simply wants the government to guarantee things like freedom of assembly and elections. "There are many important systems provided for in the constitution, like the National People's Congress and representatives of the people at various levels, but this is not happening according to the constitution. That's what I want to stress," she said.

Bo, the former Communist chief of Chongqing who won support with his crackdown on crime and pro-Mao Zedong rhetoric, was jailed for life in September after being found guilty of corruption and abuse of power. An appeals court upheld the sentence last month.

The establishment of the pro-Bo party on Nov 6 came just days before President Xi Jinping began a policy-setting meeting of the Communist Party's Central Committee. He has been reaching out to Bo's left-wing supporters in a bid to win them over and secure endorsement of his economic reform programme at the closed-door meeting, scheduled to conclude on Tuesday.

The government has made clear that no kind of political reform is on the cards.

NEW PARTY "A FARCE"

While Bo's fall from grace continues to anger leftists, three of his prominent supporters said they had not joined the new party, and expressed little interest in it.

Song Yangbiao, a reporter who was detained in August after urging people to protest against Bo's trial, said he had heard of the new party's establishment, but knew no details.

"Nobody has said anything about it to me. I really don't know anything about its organisation or who set it up. It's got nothing to do with me," he told Reuters. "I think most of us (Bo supporters) don't know about this."

Sima Nan, a well-known defender of Bo's policies who makes a living appearing on television entertainment shows, labelled the new party a "farce", adding that as a proud Communist Party member he would never join it, doubting Bo would either.

"Everything Bo Xilai did in Chongqing was for the Communist Party. He would never join another party," Sima told Reuters. "I think this new party is a practical joke. I know nothing of its aims or who is behind it."

Bo has been named chairman for life of the new party, but since he has been jailed it is not known if he will or is even able to accept the position.

One analyst said authorities could just ignore the new party.

"Certainly, there are still those in the Communist Party who support Bo, but very few would dare to stand up and say they support the Zhi Xian Party," said Chen Ziming, an independent political commentator in Beijing.

"The Communist Party is not too worried by these far leftists. If they were espousing liberal democracy, they would get locked up pretty quickly."

Nevertheless, the Communist Party has not allowed any opposition parties to be established since it came to power following the 1949 revolution. So history suggests it will not look kindly on this new party, especially when its titular head is a former member of the Communist Party's top ranks.

Bo was sacked as party chief of Chongqing after his wife was convicted in the murder of a British businessman, who had been a family friend. She has also been jailed for life.

Bo's brash self-promotion irked some leaders. But his populist ways and crackdown on crime were welcomed by many of Chongqing's 30 million residents, as well as others who hoped that Bo could take his leftist-shaded policies nationwide.

Han Deqiang, an academic in Beijing who has been one of the ardent defenders of Bo's policies in Chongqing, said he thought support for Bo in the Communist Party was still widespread, even if most people did not dare talk about it.

"Without a doubt, many Chinese still support Bo Xilai. I think that most party members believe that it is a case of corrupt officials screwing over a clean official. I think this a view widely held in private. However, there's nothing they can do about it," he told Reuters, adding he had not joined the new party.

"Of course, this is something that makes the Communist Party very nervous," Han said, referring to Bo's lingering influence.

Whether the new party will attract more members later was not immediately clear.

In a measure of the interest that could be generated, Wang told Reuters that after she was detained last year for writing two open letters in support of Bo, she was flooded with messages from his supporters.

"In the space of 20 days I got more than 2,000 text messages and calls," she said, but declined to comment on how many members the new party currently has.

China's Communist Party has some 85 million members.

The new party has caused heated discussion on RedChinaCN, one of the left-wing websites blocked by government censors, with not all comments supporting Wang or the new party.

"All she has done is written letters to Xi, but she's never actually criticised him. She's not a real revolutionary," wrote one commentator on the site, who like some in China are able to access it by skirting government restrictions.

(Additional reporting by Benjamin Kang Lim; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

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アングル：薄氏支持の「中国至憲党」、権利など求める市民の増加反映
ロイター 11月12日(火)13時54分配信

  

１１月１２日、失脚した薄熙来・元重慶市共産党委員会書記（写真）を支持する中国の新政党「中国至憲党」は、権利や法治を訴える市民が増加していることを示す例となりそうだ。北京で２００３年１２月撮影（２０１３年　ロイター/Jason Lee）
［北京　１２日　ロイター］ -失脚した薄熙来・元重慶市共産党委員会書記を支持する中国の新政党「中国至憲党」は、中国共産党の統治に対する脅威になるとは見られていないが、権利や法治を訴える市民が増加していることを示す例となりそうだ。

薄元書記の著名な支持者らは至憲党から距離を置いており、薄元書記の政治的な復活を求める活動が高まる可能性は低い。

一方、既存の枠組みの中で政治や社会の改革を訴える「新公民運動」など、権利向上を公の場で求める中国人は増加しており、至憲党設立メンバーである王錚氏もその１人だ。

中国指導部は社会不安につながりかねない政府批判を抑え込んでいるものの、環境保護活動家で現在は自宅軟禁中の呉立紅氏は「われわれのような人間は増えている。われわれは指導部に圧力をかけ、権利のために立ち上がらなければならない」と指摘。「その時になって初めて中国は進歩できる」と述べた。

今のところ、中国政府が王氏に対し、何らかの直接的な行動をとっている様子は見られない。ただ、同氏の自宅は警察や私服の公安関係者による監視を受けているという。

同氏はロイターに対し、自身は反政府活動家ではなく、共産党の統治にも挑戦しないと指摘。「全国人民代表大会やさまざまな階級・階層の代表といった多くの重要な制度が憲法に盛り込まれているが、憲法に従っていない。これが私が強調したいことだ」と述べ、政府に対して集会や選挙の自由を求めたいとの考えを明らかにした。

犯罪組織撲滅キャンペーン「打黒」や毛沢東時代をほうふつとさせる政策で支持者を獲得した薄元書記は、汚職と職権乱用の罪で無期懲役が確定した。

至憲党は、９─１２日に開かれている共産党第１８期中央委員会第三回全体会議（三中全会）を直前に控えた６日に結成され、薄元書記を「終身主席」としている。三中全会では経済改革が主要議題となり、政治改革は議題に上っていないとみられる。

＜左派のほとんどは新党を知らず＞

薄元書記の失脚は左派（保守派）の怒りを招いている一方、元書記の著名な支持者らは、至憲党に参加しておらず、興味もほとんどないとしている。

薄元書記の裁判への抗議デモを呼び掛けたことを受けて８月に拘束された記者の宋陽標氏はロイターに対し、「新党について私に何かを言ってきた人は誰もいない。新党の機構や設立者については本当に何も知らない。私とは無関係だ」と指摘。「われわれ（薄元書記支持者）の大半は新党について知らないと思う」と述べた。

社会評論家の司馬南氏は新党を「茶番」と表現。「薄熙来が重慶で行ったことは全てが共産党のためであり、彼が別の党に参加することはないだろう」とした上で、「新党は悪ふざけだと思うし、その狙いや背後関係については何も知らない」と述べた。

薄元書記は新党の終身主席とされているが、同氏がそれを引き受けることができるのかどうかは不明だ。

アナリストは、当局が新党の無視を決め込むと予想する。

北京在住の政治評論家、陳子明氏は「共産党内に薄元書記の支持者が存在するのは確かだが、至憲党を支持すると発言する人間はほとんどいないだろう」と指摘。「共産党はこれら極左派をあまり懸念していない。彼らが自由民主主義を支持すれば、すぐに抑え込まれるだろう」と話す。

中国共産党は１９４９年の政権樹立以来、対抗する政党の設立を認めていない。特に共産党の指導部にいた薄元書記を終身主席に据えていることもあり、共産党は至憲党に厳しい対応をみせる可能性がある。

今のところ、至憲党が党員を今後拡大できるかどうかは不透明だ。

王氏はロイターに対し、薄元書記を支持する公開書簡２通を書いたことで昨年に拘束された後、元書記の支持者から多くのメッセージを受け取ったと明らかにした。

同氏は「２０日間で２０００件以上のテキストメッセージや電話をもらった」としているが、現時点での党員数についてはコメントしなかった。中国共産党の党員数は約８５００万人となっている。

左派系ウェブサイト「紅色中国（RedChinaCN）」では至憲党をめぐる議論が沸騰しているが、全てのコメントが王氏や同党を支持しているわけではない。
同サイトに掲載されたある投稿は「彼女（王氏）がやったことと言えば習（近平国家主席）に手紙を書いたことだけであり、彼（習国家主席）を実際に批判したことはない。彼女は真の革命家ではない」と指摘した。同サイトは政府により中国国内での閲覧がブロックされているが、中にはそうした制限を回避できる人もいる。

（Ben Blanchard　執筆協力：Benjamin Kang Lim　翻訳：川上健一　編集：内田慎一）
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