Author learned from a Washington news paper that Mr.Wei Jingsheng, who spent nearly two decades in prison for his stinging calls for democracy in China, said Liu had often been allowed to operate freely and had criticized proponents for more sweeping changes.
“In my observation, the Nobel Peace Prize is going to Liu because he is different from the majority of people in opposition. He made more gestures of cooperation with the government and made more criticism of other resisters who suffered,” Wei told AFP in Washington, where he lives in exile.
While China has denounced the Nobel committee, Wei said that Beijing’s criticism was comparatively low-key.
“That might be the main reason that the Norwegians were finally able to withstand the pressure,” Wei said.
Wei said that the Nobel would help Liu leave jail earlier and raise the profile of moderate reformists, in the process encouraging Chinese to work within the system.
“Unless the political system of the Chinese government is indeed heading for a peaceful evolution, political stability would serve to consolidate the one-party dictatorship and be negative to both reformists and revolutionaries,” he said.
Wei said there were “tens of thousands” of Chinese who would deserve the Nobel Peace Prize including Hu Jia, a jailed advocate for AIDS patients, Chen Guangcheng, who exposed corruption in the one-child policy, and missing human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.
Wei himself has been tipped for the Nobel Peace Prize in the past.
“In my observation, the Nobel Peace Prize is going to Liu because he is different from the majority of people in opposition. He made more gestures of cooperation with the government and made more criticism of other resisters who suffered,” Wei told AFP in Washington, where he lives in exile.
While China has denounced the Nobel committee, Wei said that Beijing’s criticism was comparatively low-key.
“That might be the main reason that the Norwegians were finally able to withstand the pressure,” Wei said.
Wei said that the Nobel would help Liu leave jail earlier and raise the profile of moderate reformists, in the process encouraging Chinese to work within the system.
“Unless the political system of the Chinese government is indeed heading for a peaceful evolution, political stability would serve to consolidate the one-party dictatorship and be negative to both reformists and revolutionaries,” he said.
Wei said there were “tens of thousands” of Chinese who would deserve the Nobel Peace Prize including Hu Jia, a jailed advocate for AIDS patients, Chen Guangcheng, who exposed corruption in the one-child policy, and missing human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.
Wei himself has been tipped for the Nobel Peace Prize in the past.
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