The minorities in China are oppressed by Chinese majorityAnji: As I heard, you pay great attention to the minority problems in China. And the aim of your "China 21st Century Fund" is to solve these problems. What do you think the communication between nations is? What nations are you going to communicate with? Yang Jian Li: Under communication between nations I understand not only communication with Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia but also with other special regions in China, for example Thaiwan and Hong Kong. I think, that the minorities in China have been in great oppression after the Communist Party came to the rule. The majority of chinese support the Communist Party in spite of human rights violations toward them. We cannot say how much people have been killed during Communist regime, because people in Regions would reasonably think that much more minority people have been killed during this time. And there are some materials that testify to it. My friend used to be a soldier in Chinese Army and he told me : " The riots happen all the time in Xinjiang. And every time during these riots we used to receive orders from the capital to kill all the people in that place where the riots had taken place and not to leave anybody alive neither women nor children. As I heard this order, I said : " Nobody could do it even all the people in this place are criminals. I could not even kill a dog." A lot of people in China are sure that everybody who is for split of China must be murdered. National problems are also political problems. And they should be solved with political wisdom. In the making of Democratic Government the National Movements for Independence will pick up speed, for example Movements for Free Thaiwan, Tibet, Shinjian. Anji: When do you think will it happen? Yang: In near futur. I believe that great changes would be in China after Jiang Zemin government. And so in the making of Democratic State we should pay great attention to the national problems. That is why from nowadays we should improve relations with Tibets, Mongols, Thaiwans and Uyghurs. We should learn how best to understand and to respect each other. Author: Anji "Bei Jin Bahor" journal 1998, 11th issue, Translated by Mehrigul Qadir -------------------------- |