by Wang Dan
A Chinese dissident tells what Aung San Suu Kyi’s long fight against tyranny means for him.
Wang Dan was twice inspired by Suu Kyi. Once when he read her essay which said that perseverance is the most important asset for a protest movement. The other is when she was released from house detention. She is more than an individual and the junta is less than the guns of the soldiers. China has given an 11-year imprisonment sentence to Liu Xiaobo, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Real progress in human rights cannot be achieved without active and constant pressure on China. To try to advance democratic reforms within a dictatorship through coordination and encouragement is too easygoing. (100 words)
