{"id":126610,"date":"2011-11-11T18:16:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T01:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=126610"},"modified":"2011-11-11T18:16:46","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T01:16:46","slug":"mao-namesake-believes-china-will-be-set-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/11\/mao-namesake-believes-china-will-be-set-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Mao Yushi Believes China Will Be Set Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sydney Morning Herald&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/mao-namesake-believes-china-will-be-set-free-20111111-1nbs5.html\"> <strong>John Garnaut interviews liberal economist Mao Yushi<\/strong><\/a>, who has been the target of a vicious hate campaign for his public criticism of Mao Zedong. Despite this, he is still optimistic about prospects for political reform in China, Garnaut reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMr Mao lamented China&#8217;s backsliding on economic reforms and its recent surge of political repression.<\/p>\n<p>He dismissed the country&#8217;s incoming leaders as being beholden to the current ones and for being focused only on protecting the Communist Party regime.<\/p>\n<p>And he said officials and wealth have fused together into formidable vested interests that resist reform.<\/p>\n<p>But he is nevertheless convinced that the country is on the brink of democratic change. &#8221;I don&#8217;t know how it will happen but I feel confident,&#8221; he said. &#8221;We will witness reform in the next five to 10 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more about Mao Yushi&#8217;s essay about Mao Zedong which sparked such controversy:<br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/05\/forces-of-darkness-bring-down-nationalist-chinese-website\/\">\u201cForces of Darkness\u201d Bring Down Nationalist Chinese Website<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/05\/boundlessly-loyal-to-the-great-monster\/\">Boundlessly Loyal to the Great Monster<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/05\/maos-legacy-still-divides-china\/\">Mao\u2019s Legacy Still Divides China<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/mao-yushi\/\"> all of CDT&#8217;s coverage of Mao Yushi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sydney Morning Herald&#8217;s John Garnaut interviews liberal economist Mao Yushi, who has been the target of a vicious hate campaign for his public criticism of Mao Zedong. 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