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Thursday, June 6, 2019

FOCUS: Ai Weiwei | The West Is Complicit in the 30-Year Cover-Up of Tiananmen




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FOCUS: Ai Weiwei | The West Is Complicit in the 30-Year Cover-Up of Tiananmen 
A tank blocks a street in Beijing on June 6, 1989. (photo: Jacques Langevin/Getty)
Ai Weiwei, Guardian UK
Weiwei writes: "Why do autocratic and totalitarian regimes, in fact most forms of power, fear facts? The only reason is because they have built their power on unjust foundations." 

EXCERPT:

On 4 June, CNN’s 24-hour live broadcast conveyed the event and its developments to any audience that could receive its signal. I watched from New York. Viewers in New York probably witnessed a more comprehensive version of the incident than my family in Beijing. In New York, I organised and participated in many demonstrations of solidarity with the students in Tiananmen Square, protested before the Chinese consulate, and took part in a hunger strike at the United Nations.Why does a political power attempt to suppress reality? I have always wondered about totalitarian regimes’ fear of facts. As a political dissident, I insist on seeking the truth and resist attempts to change my memory of events. Because facts constitute the foundation of my understanding of the world. Upholding reality is a precondition for the mind to function. Otherwise, the world before us is disordered and chaotic; a world gone mad.





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