{"id":7392,"date":"2016-08-05T17:05:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T21:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=7392"},"modified":"2016-08-07T17:13:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T21:13:47","slug":"purged-chinese-political-magazine-to-fight-back-all-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/purged-chinese-political-magazine-to-fight-back-all-the-way","title":{"rendered":"Purged Chinese Political Magazine to Fight Back \u2018All The Way\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ousted editor Du Daozheng of the beleaguered liberal Chinese journal Yanhuang Chunqiu, in a file photo. RFA<\/p><\/div>\n

Supporters and editors of the purged Chinese political journal Yanhuang Chunqiu said on Wednesday<\/span><\/span><\/span> they will continue to fight a management purge of the cutting-edge magazine by its parent organization.<\/p>\n

Last week, a court in the Chinese capital refused to accept a lawsuit alleging breach of contract filed by the former editors of the cutting-edge political magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu against the National Academy of Arts that owns it.<\/p>\n

But the magazine\u2019s former editorial team are garnering widespread support for the publication from its editorial board, advisers and readership, while warning readers not to accept a \u201csanitized\u201d version put out by the new editorial team.<\/p>\n

The original editorial board met on Wednesday<\/span><\/span><\/span> morning in defiance of the reshuffle, amid a chorus of anger over the coup.<\/p>\n

\u201cNearly 20 people attended the meeting, and the editorial team leaders told them exactly what happened on July 13<\/span><\/span><\/span>,\u201d editorial board member Wu Wei told RFA, adding that ousted editors Du Daozheng and Li Rui were also present.<\/p>\n

\u201cDu Daozheng, Li Rui, Li Buyun and around a dozen other board members spoke,\u201d Wu said.<\/p>\n

“Everyone was very indignant about the breach of contract by the National Academy of Arts, and its takeover of the Yanhuang Chunqiu leadership and the reorganization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, supporters of the magazine, including some heavyweights in the reformist faction of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, held a symposium in Beijing to garner reactions to the failure of the lawsuit, Beijing-based lawyer Mo Shaoping told RFA.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong those attending were three veterans of the Chinese legal system, Jiang Ping, former head of the China University of Politics and Law and former vice-chairman of the National People\u2019s Congress (NPC) legal affairs committee,\u201d Mo said. \u201cWe also had Guo Daohui and Li Buyun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opinions \u2026 were basically that Yanhuang Chunqiu magazine and the National Academy of Arts are on an equal footing as separate bodies, each with legal person status,\u201d he said. \u201cTherefore, the contract they signed should be regarded as a contract between equals, and the court should have accepted the lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reformist voice of party<\/b><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, veteran Chinese poet and essayist Shao Yanxiang penned an open letter to the National Arts Academy asking for his name and that of fellow editorial adviser Yuan Ying to be removed from the masthead of the magazine\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish to exercise our right to use our names as we see fit, and we will be taking note of the individuals concerned, and pursuing those responsible for these illegal actions,\u201d Shao wrote.<\/p>\n

Mo also warned that any issue of Yanhuang Chunqiu that appears since the takeover won\u2019t have been produced by the original team, and won\u2019t be recognized by them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will only recognize a Yanhuang Chunqiu issue produced under the leadership of Du Daozheng and the editorial board,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A retired Beijing academic close to the magazine who declined to be named said the magazine had been a thorn in the side of the ruling Chinese Communist Party for some time now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey forced [former deputy editor] Yang Jisheng to retire, but now they\u2019re still not content,\u201d the academic said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYanhuang Chunqiu will fight this all the way. This won\u2019t be like it was when they \u2018rectified\u2019 [formerly outspoken] Southern Weekend magazine, where they managed to sink it with a single blow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very likely that we will lose, but we have to fight this nonetheless. As readers, we will give them our full support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Retired Shandong University professor Sun<\/span><\/span><\/span> Wenguang said the letter from Shao and Yuan represents the reformist voice within the ruling party.<\/p>\n

\u201cYanhuang Chunqiu was the only publication within China\u2019s borders that dared to tell the truth,\u201d Sun<\/span><\/span><\/span> said. \u201cIt dared to document the dark side of the Communist Party\u2019s record.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reported by Qiao Long and Gao Shan for RFA\u2019s Mandarin Service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/china-magazine-08032016133115.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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