Separatists, activists only help themselves
Recently, various “pro-independence” forces are increasingly colluding together. Wang Dan, a pro-democracy activist exiled after the 1989 Tiananmen incident, recently featured in a Hong Kong television show with a pro-independence activist, and while the show was being shot in Japan they held a press conference during which they advocated the independence of Hong Kong and even Xinjiang. The television station then refused to broadcast the show, saying the press conference was not sanctioned by the producers.
Compared with two or three decades ago, China has dramatically transformed itself. During the process, problems inevitably arose, as well as the dregs of society. But as in rivers, in history dregs will be swept away by the current.
Compared with separatists and Falun Gong, pro-democracy activists are the most unsuccessful of such groups. They lack funding and proper organization and have almost been forgotten. Some are grasping to get attention by colluding with separatist forces.
Wang Dan and Wu’erkaixi have topped the wanted list in the Chinese mainland and have both settled in Taiwan. Wang has publicly supported a Taiwan “referendum” or “self-determination,” saying Taiwan people should decide the future of the island. Wu’erkaixi used to be a candidate for the Taiwan legislature. They have both chosen to side with Taiwan-independence forces.
Wang is also close to “Hong Kong-independence” and “Xinjiang-independence” forces. Probably in order to make a living in the environment he is in, he has bowed to the forces that the mainland despises the most.
Pro-democracy activists have experienced the hardship of Western society, and their tragedies probably indicate the future of various separatist forces and the Falun Gong. China is strong and the revival of the nation is unstoppable. These people choose to stand against history, and their “ideals” will only fulfill their short-lived, vulgar material interests.
They have stunk in China and can only be used as tools by foreign forces. No strategic forces believe they are promising and will succeed. They are used to merely displease China and not taken seriously.
These political oppositions may affect China’s long-term stability on different levels, but in the meantime they serve for most Chinese as bad examples. Whether they espouse separatism or democracy, people will not trust them as long as they call for opposition to the Chinese system.
The closer these forces huddle, the worse their images will become for the Chinese people, and the further they’ll be from their fantasized ideals. Then they can only put on publicity stunts to gain support from each other.