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Chinese protesters need support
By Yue Gang
Freedom and democracy
they're nice, aren't they? They
are self-claimed by the I tnited
States to be the universal val
ues it stands by, or more pre
cisely. stands for
But when many Chinese stu
dents are risking their lives for
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freedom and democracy, the
White House turns its liack
American interests, not those
too abstract and too universal
in values and principals, have
defined the White House's re
luctance to give moral support,
let alone to take some tangible
measures as it did toward Po
land several years ago
Fine. Let's be more realistic,
talk about these specific Ameri
can interests and forget about
the abstract eternal values on
which I still feed my fancy oc
casionally.
When Mao Tse-Tung and
Richard Nixon shook hands 17
years ago. both men had turned
himself into a card the other
could use in dealing with the
Soviets. National interests on
both sides bridged the Pacific
Ocean in spite of an ocean of
political and ideological differ
ences.
However, with Gorbachev's
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Why we do
As the year draws to a close.
1 wish to say a few things to the
student body concerning the
Oregon Commentator.
1) To those of you who didn't
know, we did receive funding
from the Incidental Fee Com
mittee!. No matter their decision
however, we would have con
tinued to publish anyway, not
only next year but for many
years to come. We have been
doing so since 1983, and we
will continue to do so.
2) We will continue to pro
vide alternative views to the
left-wing orthodoxy of this
c ampus and to engage in the
war of ideas by promoting in
tellectual and academic liberty.
An example of this is our re
cent decision to discontinue
the running of researc h paper
advertisements We reali/.e that
this has been hypocritical ol us
and we apologize* tor doing so
:i) We will find and use dif
ferent synonyms for the word
"diversity" — clearly one of
the most over-used words on
this campus today.
The Oregon Commentator, to
the dismay of our staunch op
ponents. has not died but
grown stronger from the con
troversy of last term We will
continue to strive for improve
ment so that you. our readers,
will be better informed of the
issues affecting you. After all.
that is why we do what we do.
Patrick A. Perkins
Editor, Oregon Commentator
1989-90
visit to China to normalize
Sino-Soviet relations (which
was so overshadowed by the
student demonstrations as to at
tract enough attention to its sig
nificance to American inter
ests). the Mao Nixon or
Dong Hush deals have now
ended up being outdated cards
throw n away by history
One would have to live on
another planet to (relieve that
the Pentagon and the Central
Intelligence Agency tan still
maintain, among other benefits
of the old triangle relationship,
their monitoring facility in
northwest China bordering So
viet Central Asia, the only U S
access for such purposes on the
Asian continent, while the
Sino-Soviet borders, as Deng
and Corby have promised (and
let's pray for it), are si heduled
to be demilitarized in the next
few years with only a few bor
der guards checking passports.
It would lie great if glasnost
can bring peace to the world
Hut what may happen to Amor
it an interests if the democratic
movement in China is crushed
in blood anti if such a setback
tout lies off a series of reaction
ary returns to conservative
power in the Soviet Union and
other Hast European countries?
With the Sino-Soviet thaw at
the backdrop. China’s setback
woultl put Corby and his glas
nost in an even more difficult
situation.
And in that case. ,i reunion of
the Sino-Soviet communist
hardliners is not totally unlike
Iv. because glasnost in Ixith
countries, so lar, is definitely
not irreversible.
On the other hand, the suc
cess of China's democ ratiza
lion, which will have a strong
positive impact on other Hast
crn Hlo< countries, will better
serve American interests
Finally, the tiny optimistic
side of myself resists being to
tally quieted by the cold dis
cussion of politics. A few
American friends of mine on
this campus, who are certainly
not for the White House's ver
sion of American interests,
have extended their sympathy
and support for their fellow
Chinese students, joining us in
our demonstration in Salem
last weekend and offering do
nations to lx- sent to China
When most of us (Chinese stu
dents return to our homeland,
the "American influence" we
will bring hack will not la- the
contingency of values we find
in American politics, but tin
dear memory of our Americ an
friends and the solidarity they
share with us Paradoxically. I
believe a democratic interna
tionalism will best serve Amor
ican national interests
Vue Hang is a visitinfi Chi
nese student pursuing graduate
studies in comparative litern
lure here a/ the IInivorsity
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