{"id":161639,"date":"2013-08-17T22:15:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T05:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=161639"},"modified":"2013-10-01T19:44:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T02:44:58","slug":"us-professors-and-scientists-implore-peking-university-not-to-fire-xia-yeliang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/08\/us-professors-and-scientists-implore-peking-university-not-to-fire-xia-yeliang\/","title":{"rendered":"US Intellectuals Show Support for Xia Yeliang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Economist <a title=\"XIA Yeliang\" href=\"http:\/\/econ.pku.edu.cn\/english\/displaynews.asp?id=1759\">Xia Yeliang (\u590f\u4e1a\u826f)<\/a>\u00a0will find out next month if his colleagues decide to vote him out of Peking University (PKU) due to\u00a0<a title=\"Liberal Peking University professor threatened with expulsion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1277838\/liberal-peking-university-professor-threatened-expulsion\">online comments he made on censorship that crossed the party line<\/a>.\u00a0 <a title=\"Charter 08 Still Alive in the Chinese Blogosphere \uff0d Xia Yeliang (\u590f\u4e1a\u826f) etc.\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/02\/charter-08-still-alive-in-the-chinese-blogosphere\/\">Xia was an original drafter and cosigner of Charter 08<\/a>, the document calling for personal freedoms\u00a0that led to\u00a0<a title=\"Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to Eleven Years (Updated with Photos)\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/12\/liu-xiaobo-sentenced-to-eleven-years\/\">the arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiabo<\/a>.\u00a0 In a televised interview, <a title=\"Renowned Chinese Academic Under Fire for Voicing Dissent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linktv.org\/video\/9026\/renowned-chinese-academic-under-fire-for-voicing-dissent\"><strong>Xia\u00a0told LinkAsia that his fellow faculty members will likely obey the party but that<\/strong> <strong>he has received support in private, adding that if PKU&#8217;s president refuses to talk with him, he\u00a0will wear a slogan on his chest<\/strong><\/a> and say, &#8220;I need a job, I need a place to live&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xoFCNeNiKGc[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p>Recently, <strong><a title=\"Home  &gt;  News  &gt;  China  &gt;  Respected Chinese Professor of Economics Fears Expulsion for Opinions from University Respected Chinese Professor of Economics Fears Expulsion for Opinions from University\" href=\"http:\/\/concernedscientists.org\/2013\/08\/respected-chinese-professor-of-economics-fears-expulsion-for-opinions-from-university\/\">the Committee Of Concerned Scientists sent a support letter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for Xia to newly-appointed PKU<a title=\"Wang Enge appointed president of Peking University\" href=\"http:\/\/english.pku.edu.cn\/News_Events\/News\/Focus\/10055.htm\">\u00a0President Wang Enge, \u00a0a well-known physicist and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are an independent organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars devoted to the protection and advancement of human rights and scientific freedom for colleagues all over the world. We write now in concern for Professor Xia Yeliang of Peking University.<\/p>\n<p>As fellow physicists and members of the American Physical Society, which honored you in 2007, we welcome your accession to the prestigious post of University President. As academics, we all support your goal of making your university a world -class seat of learning and research, as you promised in your remarks upon being appointed. We therefore urge you to prevent a vote by your faculty that would punish Professor Xia, one of your respected academic colleagues, for his opinions, and deprive Peking University of his expertise. 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