华尔街日报一篇文章

2014-10-22

One red princeling Hu Shiying posted a photo of a private gathering of China's red princelings, in which a infamous red guard Song Yaowu appeared.

The party was hosted by Xi Jinping, then CCP Party Boss in Zhejiang Province. Others appeared in this photo includes Bo Xicheng (son of Bo Yibo and brother of Bo Xilai), Liu Yuan (son of Liu Shaoqi), Wang Qishan (son in law of Yao Yilin), Yang Li (daughter of Yang Shangkun), Chen Yuan (son of Chen Yun) among others. Song Yaowu is the women 4th from left in the front. Xi Jinping is 3rd from right in the second row.

Song, together with another Red Guard Deng Rong (daughter of Deng Xiaoping), killed their teacher Bian Zhongyun, the first teacher to be killed by students in the Great Cultural Revolution. The incident opened an era when red guards across the country were mobilized to take over schools by violence. Many more teachers would be tortured and killed in the next few years.

One of those from whom Hu Jie got evidence was another teacher at the school, Lin Mang.In the film Lin states that the Red Guards beat Bian Zhongyun in a toilet room. He described one of the perpetrators as a tall, thin girl. Lin also stated in the film that Red Guards forced him to carry Bian's body after her murder.

Based upon subsequent additional credible evidence received,the tall, thin girl who Lin saw beating Bian was Liu Tingting, daughter of Liu Shaoqi, the president of China.

习近平“依法治国”方针的矛盾信号

中国国家主席习近平领导下的中国给世界的主要印象是，该国正在坚定地向外拓展。

海军舰队一直推进到印尼，战机在东中国海（中国称东海）活动的范围更大。一艘新下水的航空母舰则发出了中国意图进一步扩大军事影响力的信号。另外，习近平大谈通过海陆两途拓展亚洲和欧洲之间贸易的新“丝绸之路”。

然而在国内，习近平却朝着一个截然不同的方向前进：上任已经两年左右的习近平正在为他所谓的“中国民族的伟大复兴”求索一个新的道德和伦理基础，并决定深入中国历史和传统寻找。

在本周以“法治”为主题的中共四中全会结束之后，我们可能会有更多发现。该会议的成果可能是一套技术性改革措施，增强深受腐败困扰的法律体系对腐败的打击和防御能力。

但是更深层次的问题是，习近平在中国传统文化中求索的过程将如何引导“依法治国”（本届中共全会的官方主题），以及个人正义和党政权力之间的平衡。

一些人寄希望于能在习近平领导下实现更为温和的威权主义，即尊重个人权利、遏制政府权力。到目前为止，抱有这种想法的人因习近平在公开讲话中反复提及孔子而感到安慰。这位中国古代哲学家强调道德修养和德治。他所开创的儒家思想传统上代表中国社会统治的柔性一面。

然而习近平也祭出了中国法家思想的黑暗传统，即强调以严刑峻法来确保官员和普通民众循规蹈矩。

法家思想视法律为使独裁者把持权力的工具。他们主张使用法律作为统治工具(rule by law)，而非法治(rule of law)，后者要求包括统治者和被统治者在内的所有人都遵守法律，承担责任。

从这个角度说，习近平释放出的信号并不明确。他说他希望法庭将“权力关进笼子”。但几乎没有人会真的认为中国共产党会让渡自己的绝对统治。纽约Fordham Law School教授Carl Minzner认为，习近平对中国儒家经典的引用是在释放一个信号，即他认为中国问题的解决之道只能是中国自身。他说，这表明中国没有实施西式自由革命的可能。