- Wang Lixiong
Wang Lixiong is a
Chinese writer and intellectual. He was born in1953 atChangchun inManchuria . [ [http://perspectiveschinoises.revues.org/document181.html Wang Lixiong, an atypical intellectual] ]Biography
Wang Lixiong was born in
1953 atChangchun inJilin province and resides inBeijing . He was sent for re-education during theCultural Revolution , and had to study of mechanical enineering. After the Cultural Revolution, he worked in an automobile factory in Mandchourie, then inWuhan . He has been interested in the politics and conceptualised a model of " electoral system by steps" as early as1975 . In 1978, he participated in the movement of the " Wall of Democracy" and published his first essay in the magazine Jintian (Mandarin for "today"). He published his first novel in 1983. In 1984, he travelled along the RiverYangtze on a raft crossing Tibetan territories, and began to consider in the Tibetan question. He joined the Association of the Chinese Writers in1988 and resigned in2001 . In1994 , he finished a book on political theory, "Rongjie Quanli – Zhuceng Dixuan Zhi" (Broadcasting of the strength – an electoral system by steps), proposing democratic reformations adapted to China. In1994 , Wang Lixiong participated in the creation of anon-governmental organization for the protection of the environment, Ziran Zhi You (The Friends of Nature). Between 1995 and 1998, he travelled often toTibet and published the study Tianzang: Mingyun of Xizhang (Celestial Funeral: the Destiny of the Tibet). In1999 , he became interested in theXinjiang and would be arrested, but published in2001 Xinjiang Zhuiji (Remember Xinjiang) where he goes back over his misadventures inUrumchi . Wang Lixiong had the occasion to meet theDalai Lama with whom he has had long discussions. In2002 , he published Yu Dalailama Duihua (Discussions with the Dalai Lama).Wang Lixiong supported
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche , an important Tibetan Lama of the region ofLitang who was accused of bomb attack.December 13 2002 , Wang Lixiong and 24 other Chinese intellectuals signed a petition that requested independent lawyers in the trial in appeal ofTenzin Delek Rinpoche , the right for local and international media to cover the trial and to interview the officials of the Chinese government and the possibility for representatives of the Tibetan community in exile to attend the process. Wang Lixiong and other Chinese authors in China and outside China invited Chinese authorities to consider seriously the middle way approach proposed by theDalai Lama and consider it as the basis of a negotiated statute for the future ofTibet . Wang Lixiong thinks that theDalai Lama is the key to resolve the question ofTibet [ [http://www.tibet.ca/en/newsroom/wtn/archive/old?y=2007&m=7&p=4_1 Lack of progress threatens dalai Lama detente] ] , [ [http://www.tibet.net/en/tibbul/2006/1112/focus3.html Current statuses of negotiations one originating from Tibet] ] . He met with theDalai Lama and his analysis of the question of Tibet is described in his work " Unlocking Tibet" [ [http://www.tibetfocus.com/ta/ta_94.pdf Erst gemeinsam können wir viel bewirken!] ]Wang Lixiong is married to the Tibetan poetesse and analyst
Öser . The two blogs ofÖser suddenly were closed fine July2006 , at the request of Chinese authorities and while a censorship wave denounced byReporters sans frontières .Öser published there essays on the Tibetan culture, as well as articles of Wang Lixiong whose forum also was closed [ [http://www.agoravox.fr/article.php3?id_article=12712 A very eventful summer for the Dalaï Lama and Tibet] ] .Publications
*
1990 Huanghuo (Yellow Peril), written under the pseudonyme of Bao Mi (lit. "Tenu Secret"),
*1994 Rongjie quanli – zhuceng dixuan zhi (Diffusion du pouvoir – un système électoral par étapes)
*1998 Xizang de mingyun (Funérailles célestes : le destin du Tibet
*2001 Xinjiang zhuiji (Souvenirs du Xinjiang)
*2002 Yu dalailama duihua (discussion with the Dalai Lama).
*2002 "Reflections on Tibet"
*2005 "Unlocking Tibet: A Chinese Author’s Perspective on Tibet Issue", Switzerland, by Wang Lixiong and WoeserNote and references
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