When Vladimir Putin evokes the horrors of Nazi Germany to justify Russia’s criminal behavior in Ukraine, he engages in a malicious distortion of history. But Russia’s opponents must avoid falling into the same trap and resist lazy parallels, such as comparing Putin to Hitler.
reflects on how the memory of past wrongs can be misunderstood and exploited by political opportunists.
Beyond producing televised theatrics and raising money for their party, it remains to be seen what Republicans in the US House of Representatives want to achieve by spinning tales about “deep state” plots against America. But one thing is already clear: Their misguided tactics will come at a high price for the country.
explains how House Republicans’ bogus investigations will undermine US democracy and national security.
华盛顿—中国通往开放社会的进程在1989年6月3日—4日人民解放军屠杀至少几百名、可能上千名在北京天安门广场附近和平示威的人民时戛然而止。这场镇压成为执政的中共的永远的污点,尽管中共不遗余力地洗白历史,压抑集体记忆。
三十年后,中共镇压示威的决定的后果变得更加难以摆脱。回顾往事,很显然这场悲剧决定性地改变了中国的历史进程,排除了渐进而和平地转向自由民主的政治秩序的可能。
值得铭记的是,天安门屠杀之前的这十年让人们充满了希望。中国有一个选择。它可以回到20世纪50年代的更正统的斯大林主义但不是毛泽东主义模式,体制中的保守派支持这条路。它也可以采取渐进的改革发展市场经济、法治以及更加开放的政治制度,温和自由派希望如此。或者,它可以效仿台湾和韩国的新权威主义模式,在一党专政下实现经济现代化,邓小平一直提倡走这条道路。
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