![]() ![]() Although the crimes I have been charged with on the two occasions are different in name, their real substance is basically the same-both are speech crimes. #There are no more enemies trial#When I think about it, my most dramatic experiences after June Fourth have been, surprisingly, associated with courts: My two opportunities to address the public have both been provided by trial sessions at the Beijing Municipal Intermediate People’s Court, once in January 1991, and again today. This is a tragedy, both for me personally and for a China that has already seen thirty years of Reform and Opening Up. Merely for publishing different political views and taking part in a peaceful democracy movement, a teacher lost his lectern, a writer lost his right to publish, and a public intellectual lost the opportunity to give talks publicly. to take part in the 1989 Movement, I was thrown into prison for “the crime of counter-revolutionary propaganda and incitement.” I also lost my beloved lectern and could no longer publish essays or give talks in China. ![]() After that, because I had returned from the U.S. What I demanded of myself was this: whether as a person or as a writer, I would lead a life of honesty, responsibility, and dignity. At the same time, I was a public intellectual, writing articles and books that created quite a stir during the 1980s, frequently receiving invitations to give talks around the country, and going abroad as a visiting scholar upon invitation from Europe and America. As a teacher, I was well received by the students. Upon receiving my degrees, I stayed on to teach at Beijing Normal University. From BA to MA and on to PhD, my academic career was all smooth sailing. Up to that point, I was a member of the first class to enter university when college entrance examinations were reinstated following the Cultural Revolution (Class of ’77). In the course of my life, for more than half a century, June 1989 was the major turning point. Latourelle, and is reprinted here with permission. Following the philosophy applications of it are offered concerning Iraq, Israel, Terrorists, the Money God, Hatred, Diplomacy, the War Machine, Australian Aboriginal Spirituality, Native American Peace Examples as well as poetry excerptedfrom the author's other books: ThuGun and Natasha, The Round Table, Maria and the Comet and Anzac to Understanding.The following statement was originally published by the Hong Kong-based NGO Human Rights in China, based on a translation by J. The field of science shares the same source asthe field of spirituality Written by an artist-scholar, the artistic suspension of disbelief is offered to effect a vision of humanity participating harmoniously in the Life Force of the universe itself and using as a touchstone for their common spirituality, their own religion, their own God, Allah, Yahwah, called by any name or no name. ![]() Human beings are all deemed to share a common spirituality which can be accessed by the individual conscience and is divine, operating in the field of understanding. There Are No Enemies explores a Practical Philosophy of Life for humankind based upon reverence for life and The Science of Being Altogether first offered by Aristotle, the Philosopher. ![]()
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