Ronald Reagan Channeling "China, Tear down those gates of tyranny" Speech of 2012

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2011/08/23/2003511418

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[MrDanbloom]

@akinkhoo, thanks for comments. Yes, you are right, Reagan never went to China when he was President, I was just using the IDEa and CONCEPT to try to imagine what a speech to tell the communists in Red China to lighten up and let their people be free......China under the Communist Party is an arrogant nation and needs to be taken down a notch or two. the real Chinese HEART and MIND is in Taiwan, a free democratic nation, unlike the commie REd CHina, which side of the issue do you stand at? DISH!

[MrDanbloom]

If Ronald Reagan were alive today, he might say to the leaders of China:

[MrDanbloom]

Longtime observers of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have said: “The ‘China question’ is open as long as the CCP rules China.”

And as long as the gates of freedom in China remain closed, as long as these ungainly scars of gates are permitted to stand, it is not the China question alone that remains open, but the question of freedom for all humankind.

[MrDanbloom]

Yet, today there is a quiet yet growing message of hope inside China, a message of triumph, where slowly people are trying to take matters into their own hands and set up a democratic movement inside the country that can finally replace the CCP.

Can this revolution happen, and will it happen?

[MrDanbloom]

Time will tell and history will be the judge.

Leaders of democratic countries around the world have long understood the practical importance of liberty — that just as truth can flourish only when journalists are given freedom of speech, so prosperity can come about only when the farmer and businessman enjoy economic freedom. China will learn that in time.

[MrDanbloom]

In fact, even now, in a limited way, China’s current leaders may be coming to understand the importance of freedom. We hear much from Beijing about a new policy of reform and openness. Some political prisoners have been released, here and there. Certain foreign news broadcasts and Internet sites are no longer being jammed. Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control.

[akinkhoo]

Reagan did go to China when he was president.

it is best not to bring up the issue of tearing down wall in a culture that pride itself in building the great wall. this speech would only incur boos from the chinese people as insensitive and insulting then rally to it.

of course what they want is the same as germany: reunification! and unless US is willing to take Taipei fall, this speech would make little sense. or does US really want a strong "democratic" unified china that will dominate US?

[MrDanbloom]

Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the CCP? Or are they token gestures, intended to raise false hopes in the West or to strengthen the Chinese system without changing it?

One must welcome change and openness; for democratic nations believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

[MrDanbloom]

There is one sign the CCP can make that would be unmistakable that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace

Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, if you seek liberalization: Go soon to those gates of tyranny and replace them with the gates of freedom.

[MrDanbloom]

Former US president Ronald Reagan, who understood the old Soviet Union so well, would surely understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict the leaders of China today — and he would know that the West could use all its efforts to help China overcome those burdens. When freedom finally comes to the Chinese people, they and their leaders will be surprised how wonderful it feels.