{"id":51349,"date":"2010-02-11T10:12:12","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=51349"},"modified":"2010-02-14T01:20:05","modified_gmt":"2010-02-14T08:20:05","slug":"ma-zhaoxu-%e9%a9%ac%e6%9c%9d%e6%97%ad-there-are-no-dissidents-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/02\/ma-zhaoxu-%e9%a9%ac%e6%9c%9d%e6%97%ad-there-are-no-dissidents-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma Zhaoxu (\u9a6c\u671d\u65ed): “There are no Dissidents in China”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Kristie Lu Stout blogged this on Boing Boing:<\/p>\n

“There are no dissidents in China.”<\/p>\n

That’s a direct quote from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman.<\/p>\n

Ma Zhaoxu was asked earlier today about a Beijing court upholding an 11 year jail term for Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s most high-profile activists.<\/p>\n

According to him, they simply don’t exist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here<\/a> is the full text of Kristie’s post. <\/p>\n

And the following translation is from Siweiluozi Blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nIn response, the well-known artist and prolific blogger Ai Weiwei posted this deconstruction of the “multi-layered” meaning of Ma’s statement, the core of which I translate below:<\/p>\n

1. Dissidents are criminals.
\n2. Only criminals have dissident ideas.
\n3. The distinction between criminals and non-criminals is whether they have dissident views.
\n4. If you think China has dissidents, you’re a criminal.
\n5. The reason China has no dissidents is because they have already become criminals.
\n6. Does anyone have a dissenting view about what I’ve said?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kristie Lu Stout blogged this on Boing Boing: “There are no dissidents in China.” That’s a direct quote from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman. Ma Zhaoxu was asked earlier today about a Beijing court upholding an 11 year jail term for Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s most high-profile activists. 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