{"id":138210,"date":"2012-06-15T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=138210"},"modified":"2012-06-15T12:52:01","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:52:01","slug":"mao-yushi-chinas-true-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/06\/mao-yushi-chinas-true-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Mao Yushi on China\u2019s True Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mao Yushi, the prominent economist and recipient of the Cato Institute\u2019s 2012 Milton Friedman Liberty Prize<\/a>, is growing more outspoken about his political views. Last April, he published the essay \u201cReturning Mao Zedong to Human Form<\/a>\u201d in Caixin Online, causing a stir with his scathing indictment of the Great Helmsman.<\/p>\n But Mao Yushi (no relation to the former chairman) does not reserve criticism for those in power. A June 11 Weibo post<\/a> made his name a sensitive search term<\/a>, meaning that searches for \u201cMao Yushi\u201d (\u8305\u4e8e\u8f7c) on Weibo will not be displayed \u201caccording to the relevant laws, regulations and policies\u201d:<\/p>\n \nMaoYushi<\/strong>: The Cultural Revolution was initiated by Mao Zedong. But without the support of the nation, it would not have taken off. Calls for a Cultural Revolution in America would never receive such a universal response. Clearly, the common people of that time share a part of the responsibility. And the base of that group still exists today. This is China\u2019s true danger. There are those who say that Mao\u2019s intentions were good. If this were true, he would have undertaken some deep soul-searching afterwards. In fact, he not only felt no remorse, but even organized a counterattack.<\/p>\n \u8305 \u4e8e\u8f7c\uff1a\u6587\u5316\u9769\u547d\u662f\u6bdb\u6cfd\u4e1c\u53d1\u8d77\u7684\u3002\u4f46\u662f\u5982\u679c\u6ca1\u6709\u5168\u56fd\u4eba\u6c11\u7684\u54cd\u5e94\u4e5f\u641e\u4e0d\u8d77\u6765\u3002\u5982\u679c\u5728\u7f8e\u56fd\u6587\u9769\u7684\u53f7\u53ec\u5c31\u4e0d\u4f1a\u6709\u5168\u56fd\u54cd\u5e94\u3002\u53ef\u89c1\u5f53\u65f6\u7684\u767e\u59d3\u4e5f\u6709\u90e8\u5206\u8d23\u4efb\u3002\u800c\u4eca\u770b\u6765\uff0c \u8fd9\u90e8\u5206\u7684\u7fa4\u4f17\u57fa\u7840\u8fd8\u5728\u3002\u8fd9\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u771f\u6b63\u7684\u5371\u9669\u3002\u6709\u4eba\u8bf4\u6bdb\u7684\u672c\u610f\u662f\u597d\u7684\u3002\u679c\u771f\u5982\u6b64\u7684\u8bdd\uff0c\u4e8b\u540e\u4ed6\u5e94\u8be5\u6709\u6df1\u523b\u7684\u53cd\u7701\u3002\u4e8b\u5b9e\u4e0a\u4ed6\u4e0d\u4f46\u6ca1\u6709\u4e1d\u6beb\u5185\u759a\uff0c\u53cd\u800c\u7ec4\u7ec7\u53cd\u6251\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The post is still up, with 6,270 reposts and 5,695 comments.<\/p>\n In an interview with Foreign Policy<\/em><\/a> last month, Mao voiced his alarm at nostalgia for China\u2019s early communist period. Ousted Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai built the very cult of personality and stirred the sort of red fever<\/a> he fears could lead to another Cultural Revolution.<\/p>\n