{"id":85898,"date":"2018-09-04T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=85898 "},"modified":"2018-09-04T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:08:00","slug":"85898-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=85898","title":{"rendered":"Professor Fired After Tweeting That Chinese \\’Lie, Commit Fraud and Poison Each Other\\’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Authorities in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian have fired a university history professor after he hit out at declining moral values in a post on social media.<\/span><\/p>

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Zhou Yunzhong was fired from his job as assistant professor of historical at Fujian’s Xiamen University on Aug. 1 after making a post to Weibo.com that “distorted Chinese historical reality, harmed the image of the [ruling Chinese Communist] Party and the country [and] hurt the feelings of the Chinese people,” the university said in a statement on its website dated Sept. 1.<\/span><\/p>

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Zhou’s tweet had also “crossed a red line in terms of teachers’ ethics and behavior, and exerted a pernicious influence on society,” the statement said.<\/span><\/p>

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In the offending tweet under the nickname Donghai Daozi, Zhou said: “The highest achievements of the Chinese people consist of lying, cooking the books and issuing fake contracts.”<\/span><\/p>

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He added that he wouldn’t let his kids eat out, because “Chinese people just love to poison each other.”<\/span><\/p>

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A meeting of middle-ranking officials and Communist Party leaders at the university decided on Sept. 1 that Zhou hadn’t responded to attempts to offer him “education,” and had “repeatedly made wrong comments on Weibo,” the university said.<\/span><\/p>

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“The university investigated and decided to terminate its employment relationship with Zhou Yunzhong,” in keeping with disciplinary rules, it said.<\/span><\/p>

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The meeting also terminated the research program of PhD student Tian Jialiang after she referred to China by a cultural slur on social media, and expelled her from the ruling party, it said.<\/span><\/p>

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Repeated attempts to contact Zhou by e-mail went unanswered by time of publication.<\/span><\/p>

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Zhang Zanning, a former law professor at Dongnan University, said he had also been fired over “sensitive and outspoken speech” on social media.<\/span><\/p>

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“They are killing the chickens to frighten the monkeys,” Zhang said. “They are giving a warning to students that they should be careful what they say.”<\/span><\/p>

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“They are so afraid of anything to do with freedom and democracy; they are terrified … of [those things], because they represent a huge threat; they are very clear about that,” he said.<\/span><\/p>

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‘Cultural Revolution’ mood<\/span><\/p>

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Fujian-based rights activist Zhuang Lei agreed.<\/span><\/p>

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“The kinds of controls we have on freedom of expression right now are intended mostly to suppress dissent,” Zhuang said. “Any professors of conscience who speak out are being muzzled … Overall, it is a terrible situation right now.”<\/span><\/p>

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U.S.-based political commentator Chen Kuide said Zhou’s tweet may have used hyperbole, but referenced real problems in today’s China, amid rampant official corruption and a wave of public health scandals.<\/span><\/p>

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He said current controls on speech under President Xi Jinping were akin to the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) under late supreme leader Mao Zedong.<\/span><\/p>

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“We’re nearly back at the Cultural Revolution again; it’s really gone too far,” he said. “I don’t think things can go on for another year like this.”<\/span><\/p>

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Official Chinese media have recently written of a “zero-tolerance” policy for “incorrect speech.”<\/span><\/p>

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Xie Tian, professor at the University of South Carolina, said Zhou’s firing is indicative of an ever-tightening regime of political controls in Chinese universities.<\/span><\/p>

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“This is the worst it has been since the Cultural Revolution,” Xie said. “Some people are too timid to speak out, but in others we are seeing a big backlash.”<\/span><\/p>

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“Suppression at these levels will engender a backlash, and it will be sudden.”<\/span><\/p>

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