The fake diploma scandal just a small degree of an iceberg

Editorial / Opinion

By Chen Weihua China Daily
Published:7/13/2010

NEW YORK — With former Microsoft China president Tang Jun in the spotlight not for his business savviness, but for alleged fake doctorate diplomas, many officials and business executives may want to revise their resumes now.

News reports show this is happening quietly on Wikipedia and in publishing houses over the past few days.

First and foremost among these should be Tang’s Chinese alumni at the Pacific Western University, widely known as a diploma mill.

Of course, Tang and his alumni, some holding prominent positions, could choose to describe how rigorous their study was at Pacific Western. They could even call up their alma mater professors as witnesses to their hard work. But this is unlikely to happen.

If Tang, now president and CEO of Xin Hua Du Industrial Group Co, is as smart as he appears to be in the business world, he should opt to tell the truth as soon as possible, instead of fighting a doomed battle with Fang Zhouzi, who exposed his sham.

Fang, a crusader of fraud in academia and public sector, accused Tang of writing in his book My Success Could Be Duplicated that he received a doctoral degree in computer science from the California Institute of Technology.

Fang said he checked the names of CIT graduates and failed to find Tang’s name. After Tang responded that he graduated from Pacific Western University, Fang said the US government closed the university in 2006 for selling degrees.

Tang may soon realize that people are not so angry at his forgery of education background, a mistake he made years ago, as they are outraged by his continued refusal to speak the truth.

In a society where degrees are faked and bought by the millions by officials and businessmen, Tang may well ask: “Why me?”

The answer is clear: The wrongs of many others do not justify his misdeed. This is especially true for someone who likes to tout himself publicly as a role model for aspiring younger generation.

Equally astounding are some Tang supporters, who argue it is OK for him to make such a mistake as long as his business success is real and admiring.

This is a reflection of moral degradation in our society, where integrity often becomes secondary compared to economic interests in judging individuals.

Integrity is crucial for every government official and business leader. Otherwise, why should the public trust the institutions and corporations they represent?

Tang is getting excessive heat, simply because of his fame as China’s highest paid professional manager and many other laurels. Also, anger at the flooding of fake diplomas and crooked businessmen and officials has finally found an outlet in this case.

Those who bought diplomas may also want to vent their anger at Tang for revealing their little secrets. They did not go to any class, do any homework and write papers. Nevertheless, they received a doctorate or master’s degree by paying off the schools, or even some fake diploma peddlers. And now their careers are at risk because of Tang.

Tang’s case should be the start of a crusade on fake and watered-down academic degrees. Statistics show that in just 30 years, China has achieved a great leap forward, overtaking the United States as the country with the most number of education institutions granting PhDs as well as the largest number of doctoral students enrolled each year.

To some extent this is like saying the country as a whole has become somewhat a diploma mill. About half of the PhD graduates these years are working for government departments, where higher academic degrees help them climb the bureaucratic ladders.

If there is an overheated sector, it is not the red-hot property market, but our educational system that is supplying the country with excessive number of mediocre master’s and PhD graduates.

The crusade on fake or watered-down academic degrees is vital to restore the trust and credibility that is increasingly lacking in our society. It should not stop at Tang Jun.

RFI: 中宣部出手唐骏博士学位造假门

Created 2010-07-12 15:19
作者 上海特约记者 曹国星
中国
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最近几天，关于著名职业经理人唐骏的“博士”学历涉嫌造假事件愈演愈烈，已经逐渐演变成公共事件。据中国内地传媒编辑透露，7月12日下午，多家平面媒体接到可能来自中宣部新闻局的禁令称，“关于唐骏学历造假事件报道要适度，不再渲染，炒作。”

该禁令措辞尚属温和，但显示此事已纳入中宣部等言论管制机构的视野。有分析称，原因可能是几天来，由唐骏的“博士门”引发的社会公众就“学历诚信”话题的广泛讨论日渐激烈，甚至开始蔓延到了官员等公职人士。

7月1日，著名的“学术打假”网站新语丝的创办人方舟子在微博客上指出，“唐骏的‘加州理工学院博士学位’是假的。”

唐骏历任微软中国总裁、盛大网络总裁，现任新华都集团总裁兼CEO，他行事高调，常以成功商界人士形象出现于各电视台商业类节目，并出版有多部成功学自传。证据显示，他确曾在自传以及一些公开采访中自称“加州理工大学计算机博士”，因此，这一质疑很快引起大众关注。

经过几天回避后，唐骏在接受《中国之声》专访时辩解称，并未自称从“加州理工大学”拿到过博士，“只是在加州理工大学有过一段研究的经验”，但他确有博士学位，是从名为西太平洋大学（Pacific western）的大学拿到的学位，唐骏还威胁要以诽谤等理由起诉方舟子诽。

随后，方舟子引用美国审计总署的调查结论指出，Pacific Western是著名卖文凭的“野鸡大学”。美国官方的文件称，这所大学“既不提供、也不允许学生报名个人课程或培训”，只要求支付购买学位的一笔费用，它对美国国内学生的收费标准为：学士2295美元；工商管理硕士2395美元；博士2595美元。而该校的夏威夷分部已在2006年被夏威夷政府解散，其加州分校目前已经改名，但并无博士学位颁发资格。

连日来，关于唐骏个人诚信问题的质疑已经蔓延到了对整个中国社会学历诚信的普遍诘问。

有报道称，“互动百科”网站技术人员投入，仅7月7日至8日两天时间，就有近百位名人的简历被修改，其中多数都与“教育经历”有关。这一修改潮在9 日到了高潮，当晚，蒙牛乳业在港交所发布澄清公告，称其执行董事丁圣只是在南开大学工商管理专业进修，并未获得工商管理硕士学位。

《新世纪周刊》今天（7月12日）刊发的《唐骏“母校”在华淘金记》调查了西太平洋大学在中国的商业发展，报道称，从上世纪末至今，西太平洋大学至少在北京、海南、江苏无锡三地以合作办学的名义，开展过工商管理博士（DBA）和硕士（MBA）等项目。

另外，有网友将西太平洋大学在中国区的校友名单贴到网上，其中颇有北京政商各界闻人。曾在这里获得“西太平洋大学工商管理博士（DBA）”学位的北京赵润投资公司总经理叶军介绍，DBA项目教学地点设在北京大学内，由国外的教授来北京进行授课，教学时间两年，由中介公司一手操办，学费为5万元。

有趣的是，有网友人肉搜索发现，前任中国建设部长汪光焘的简历显示，本已拥有同济大学工程硕士的他，在担任建设部城建司司长、总工程师期间，获颁美国西太平洋大学的“建设管理博士”学位。

越来越多中国网民关心和议论时政
图片/Reuters

美国发表2010年《促进自由与民主报告》

新闻报道 | 2010.07.13
美国发表2010年《促进自由与民主报告》


美国国务院发布的2010年《促进自由与民主报告》中，对中国的民主和人权状况，特别是西藏问题进行了严厉批评。中国外交部则称美方"无视事实，妄加指责"，对报告表示"坚决反对"。


美国国务院自2008年起，每年发表一份总结全世界100多个国家民主与人权状况的《促进自由与民主报告》（Advancing Freedom and Democracy Reports)。报告内容源于美国政府负责外交事务的行政机构的调查、人权组织提供的观察结果以及非赢利机构进行的相关分析评估。

在2010年美国《促进自由与民主报告》中涉及中国的部分中，美国政府"敦促中国遵守国际义务，达到国际人权标准，保护公民改革主张的宪法权利"。报告中特别提及"保护少数民族权利，加强法制，提高公众参与程度和政府执政透明度"。美国政府要求中国"释放政治犯和良心犯，仔细区别以和平方式表达不同政见的人士和那些从事恐怖活动的人员"。对于中国政府强行令在柬埔寨寻求庇护的维吾尔人遣返回中国后，这些人的待遇，美国政府表示"极度关切"。在难民问题上美方要求中国不要遣返朝鲜难民回国。

2010年报告同时重申了今年5月美国和中国在举行正式双边人权对话上达成的有关共识，并强调"一个客观，不受政治影响的司法制度对促进社会稳定起的作用"。报告涉及中国内容中最后一部分是有关西藏问题的内容。在此美国政府强调了在承认西藏是中国领土一部分的框架内，美国敦促北京方面继续与达赖喇嘛特使的对话，改善西藏的宗教信仰自由和文化保护状况。美国政府呼吁中国当局停止在新近骚乱事件中采取的强硬镇压政策。

美国国务院在前两年的促进自由与民主报告中也对中国的人权状况提出相似批评，只不过侧重点有所不同。在2009的报告中，美国主要针对中国的新闻封锁、互联网管制和对言论自由的限制提出指责，并指出在中国有大批记者、作家、维权律师身陷囹圄却没有机会获得公正公开的司法程序。美国政府在2008年的促进自由与民主报告中则把当年3月14日发生的西藏骚乱为关注重点，批评了中国政府实行的少数民族政策以及在"3·14事件"中的镇压手段和对相关消息的封锁政策。在2008年的报告中，美方敦促北京利用召开夏季奥运会的机会，兑现保障新闻自由的承诺，在保障人权和宗教自由方面做出积极表现。

中国媒体对于美国2010年促进自由与民主报告进行直接报道的微乎其微，但是对外交部发言人秦刚7月12日回应该报告中涉华内容的表述却广泛转载。秦刚在回答记者提问时表示，美方有关报告"无视事实，对中国人权、自由、民主状况妄加指责，奉劝美方多关注自己国内存在的问题，停止借人权等问题干涉中国内政。"



作者：谢菲

责编：石涛

July 13, 2010 Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

July 13, 2010
Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1

Is 7:1-9

In the days of Ahaz, king of Judah, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah,
Rezin, king of Aram,
and Pekah, king of Israel, son of Remaliah,
went up to attack Jerusalem,
but they were not able to conquer it.
When word came to the house of David that Aram
was encamped in Ephraim,
the heart of the king and the heart of the people trembled,
as the trees of the forest tremble in the wind.

Then the LORD said to Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz,
you and your son Shear-jashub,
at the end of the conduit of the upper pool,
on the highway of the fuller's field, and say to him:
Take care you remain tranquil and do not fear;
let not your courage fail
before these two stumps of smoldering brands
the blazing anger of Rezin and the Arameans,
and of the son Remaliah,
because of the mischief that
Aram, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah,
plots against you, saying,
"Let us go up and tear Judah asunder, make it our own by force,
and appoint the son of Tabeel king there."

Thus says the LORD:
This shall not stand, it shall not be!
Damascus is the capital of Aram,
and Rezin is the head of Damascus;
Samaria is the capital of Ephraim,
and Remaliah's son the head of Samaria.

But within sixty years and five,
Ephraim shall be crushed, no longer a nation.
Unless your faith is firm
you shall not be firm!
Ps 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8
Responsorial Psalm

R. (see 9d) God upholds his city for ever.
Great is the LORD and wholly to be praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain, fairest of heights,
is the joy of all the earth.
R. God upholds his city for ever.
Mount Zion, "the recesses of the North,"
is the city of the great King.
God is with her castles;
renowned is he as a stronghold.
R. God upholds his city for ever.
For lo! the kings assemble,
they come on together;
They also see, and at once are stunned,
terrified, routed.
R. God upholds his city for ever.
Quaking seizes them there;
anguish, like a woman's in labor,
As though a wind from the east
were shattering ships of Tarshish.
R. God upholds his city for ever.
Mt 11:20-24
Gospel

Jesus began to reproach the towns
where most of his mighty deeds had been done,
since they had not repented.
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.
But I tell you, it will be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
And as for you, Capernaum:

Will you be exalted to heaven?
You will go down to the nether world.

For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom,
it would have remained until this day.
But I tell you, it will be more tolerable
for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."

July 8, 2010

July 8, 2010
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1

Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9

Thus says the LORD:
When Israel was a child I loved him,
out of Egypt I called my son.
The more I called them,
the farther they went from me,
Sacrificing to the Baals
and burning incense to idols.
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
who took them in my arms;
I drew them with human cords,
with bands of love;
I fostered them like one
who raises an infant to his cheeks;
Yet, though I stooped to feed my child,
they did not know that I was their healer.

My heart is overwhelmed,
my pity is stirred.
I will not give vent to my blazing anger,
I will not destroy Ephraim again;
For I am God and not man,
the Holy One present among you;
I will not let the flames consume you.
Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16
Responsorial Psalm

R. (4b) Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved.
O shepherd of Israel, hearken.
From your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth.
Rouse your power.
R. Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved.
Once again, O LORD of hosts,
look down from heaven, and see:
Take care of this vine,
and protect what your right hand has planted,
the son of man whom you yourself made strong.
R. Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved.
Mt 10:7-15
Gospel

Jesus said to his Apostles:
"As you go, make this proclamation:
'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Cure the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse the lepers, drive out demons.
Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
no sack for the journey, or a second tunic,
or sandals, or walking stick.
The laborer deserves his keep.
Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it,
and stay there until you leave.
As you enter a house, wish it peace.
If the house is worthy,
let your peace come upon it;
if not, let your peace return to you.
Whoever will not receive you or listen to your wordsC
go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.
Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable
for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment
than for that town."

DW: 韩寒创刊《独唱团》

文化人生 | 2010.07.06

韩寒酝酿已久的杂志《独唱团》终于在7月6日在全国发行，首印50万册已被一抢而空。并未大肆造势的《独唱团》到底卖点何在？创刊成功以后前景如何?


韩寒主编的杂志《独唱团》于北京时间7月6日早上9点开始在中国各地同步上市。杂志首印50万册，上市到现在十多个小时的时间里就已几乎销罄。据报道，仅在北京地区，不到半小时就有两万余册被一扫而空。

《独唱团》杂志出版商市场营销部的刘女士介绍说，"这个销售量我想大家都看得到，一个是当当网和卓越网的预售，预售的时候很短，数量就已经过万了，然后地面店的动销也非常的好。"

出版方表示，卓越网在上市前一天开始了《独唱团》的预售。在预售上线不到10小时里，该杂志就已经凭借预售量登上了卓越销售总榜的第1位。

没有宣传销售依然火爆

在杂志刚完成印刷还未正式发行前，主编韩寒曾在博客上表示，杂志发行期间将"不接受媒体的采访，上市也将不单独召开任何形式的发布会，主要是想降低大家对《独唱团》的期望"。然而，即使没有大肆的宣传造势，却还是引起了如此火爆的热销。

当天一早才刚上市的杂志，居然在下午已难觅一册。来自上海的80后大学生王同学只好选择在网上订购，再慢慢等待《独唱团》的到来。王同学说: "一直在关注韩寒，不过买这本书的理由主要也是里面集结了很多现在一些比较有独立思考的人物，包括我很喜欢的导演彭浩翔，还有台湾的蔡康永等等。我觉得这本杂志可以汇集到很多现在中国一般媒体上没有的声音，所以我很期待。"

双月刊《独唱团》的定价人民币16元，首期没有一页广告，但杂志的作者阵容十分强大，包括了周云蓬、罗永浩、林少华、蔡康永、梁朝辉、石康、艾未未等34个作者的34篇文章，其中当然也有主编韩寒本人的作品，小说《我想和这个世界谈谈》。

《独唱团》定位"文艺读物"

虽然很多人都还没有看到杂志，不过韩寒的这篇小说已经在凤凰网上转载。刚读完这篇小说的王同学认为，"比较偏文艺，还是韩寒一贯的文风，但是这篇文章可能没有他以前写的那么犀利地去揭露当局的弊端等，里面只是一些暗暗的讽刺。我觉得当一些轻松的文艺小品看还是相当不错的。"

没错，"文艺读物"--这的确就是主编韩寒对杂志《独唱团》的定位。他在杂志发行前的博文上写道："一本文艺读物，除了能提供好的文艺作品以外，能量有限，如果你抱着想看战争片的心态误看了一部文艺片，无论这部文艺片多好，你都会失望。"

然而树大招风，《独唱团》近乎疯狂的销售量和炽热的讨论度也引起了一些批评声，尤其是所谓80后争议作家张一一、独孤意在个人博客上连连撰文向韩寒宣战。《独唱团》发行商营销部的刘女士对此表示："大家仔细一看就会知道，他们这些抨击是一大早就发出来的，这个时候大家都没有看到书。那么在没有看到书的情况下就做出这样的言论，我觉得这个很明显是不负责任。"

据称，也有一些业内人士对于这样的青年先锋文化读物并不十分看好，认为也许开头来势汹汹，但很快归于平淡。不过对于一本才创刊第一天的杂志就创下如此销量，《独唱团》无疑是相当成功的。至于《独唱团》的未来如何？另外主编韩寒预告将在明年推出的另一本新杂志《合唱团》又将是什么样的?我们拭目以待。

作者：月洋

责编：苗子

异议作家余杰：按原计划出版新书

记者: 陆杨 | 华盛顿2010年 7月 06日
异议作家余杰
图片来源: 美国之音

异议作家余杰

星期一在北京住所被警方带走的中国异议作家余杰获释回家。他说，这次警方传讯主要是阻止他在香港出版批评中国高层领导人的新书。不过余杰表示，仍将按原计划出书。同时，四川法律教师王怡说，警方这次传讯余杰是黑社会行为。

*不知何故被警方带走*

中国知名作家余杰星期一下午被北京朝阳区豆各庄乡派出所警方传讯。经过4个半小时的问话，余杰在当天晚上8点左右被允许回家。余杰在接受美国之音采访时说，6名警察将他从家里带走时只是出示了传讯证，上面并没有说明传讯理由，只写了根据刑法92条对余杰进行传讯。

*阻止出书是真正原因*

余杰说，在讯问的4个半小时里，警方讯问的内容主要有两个。一个是警方把他最近在海外中文网站上发表的政治评论文章打印出来，让余杰在每一页上签字，按手印。然后警察把其中他们认为最反动的段落挑出来对余杰进行讯问。

余杰说，这次传讯的真正目的是，警方试图阻止他出版一本批评中国总理温家宝的新书。

余杰说：“我觉得更重要一个方面是，我在一个多星期之前，在推特网上说我最近两三个月会在香港出版一本专门集中的批评温家宝当总理8年以来的这些政绩，这些政策的书，书名就叫‘中国影帝温家宝’。所以他们主要是讯问我的这本书写了哪些内容，什么时候出版。然后他们用很多话来恐吓，威胁来阻止我这本书的出版。”

余杰对警方的威胁毫不畏惧，他对问讯他的警察说，他做为一名公民提醒同样做为公民的温家宝，这是宪法和法律所规定的言论自由。余杰还对警察说，“如果温家宝先生认为我的批评是涉嫌对他名誉造成损失，温家宝本人可以通过法律途径来告我。”

*主审警官：批评温家宝可能获重刑*

余杰说，主审他的北京公安局国保大队的朱姓警官威胁余杰说，批评温家宝会成为严重的刑事案件，并可能被判重刑。

他说：“主要来审讯我的北京市公安局国保大队姓朱的说，批评温家宝，温家宝不是一个普通人，而是国家的总理。批评温家宝就会涉嫌危害国家安全，损害国家利益，就不是他个人来用一个民事诉讼来告我。而是一个公诉案件，会成为一个很严重的刑事案件。很有可能会遭遇到向刘晓波先生那样被判重刑。”

*余杰：坚决按原计划出书*

余杰介绍，他在笔录中直截了当的申明任何政府部门和个人都没有权利剥夺他的言论自由，包括他批评胡锦涛和温家宝的自由。余杰坚定地表示，仍然会按照原有计划在香港出版《中国影帝温家宝》这本书。

余杰对美国之音说：“我仍然会按照原有计划在香港出版这本书。所以我觉得他们的这种做为是非常的拙劣，非常的下流。用这种恐吓的做法来剥夺公民批评政府的权利和自由，我觉得他不会成功的。反而经过这个事情之后，让更多的人，更多的朋友知道有这样一本书。使得这本能够得到更广泛的传播。”

*王怡：传讯余杰实为黑社会行为*

中国作家、独立中国作家笔会理事王怡认为，政府之前在余杰单篇文章的监控上所掌握的尺度还不是很严重，但是这一次涉及到这本书的出版，对余杰的骚扰有所升级。

王怡说：“对犯罪嫌疑人才能进行传唤，现在名义上是在传唤余杰，实际上是在警告他，威胁他，不能出这本书。那么从宪法里基本的言论自由来讲，事先的审查一定是对言论自由的违背。换言之，如果余杰出了这本书，你认为这本书的内容威胁到国家安全，那个时候你再立案调查他，那个时候他才成为犯罪嫌疑人。其实，你这是借传唤威胁公民，威胁余杰。”

王怡认为，这次对余杰的传讯表面上是公安执法的行为，在他看来属于黑社会的行为。

余杰和王怡同为中国大陆异议作家，2006年他们二人以及李柏光在美国白宫受到前总统布什的接见。

NYT: Author Is Threatened Over Book on Chinese Premier

uly 6, 2010

By MICHAEL WINES

BEIJING — A bestselling Chinese author and democracy activist who was detained by security agents on Monday says the agents threatened to imprison him should he proceed with plans to publish a book criticizing Wen Jiabao, China’s premier.

The author, Yu Jie, said in a telephone interview on Tuesday that he still intends to publish the book, titled “China’s Best Actor: Wen Jiabao,” by autumn. Because Mr. Yu’s works are banned in mainland China, he said, he is negotiating with a Hong Kong publisher.

Mr. Yu, 36, said he was questioned for four hours on Monday by police officers and agents of Beijing’s public security bureau who specialize in dealing with political dissidents. One security agent “told me that Wen Jiabao is not some ordinary guy,” he said, “and my criticism against him will be considered as harming state security and the national interest.”

“If you insist on publishing this book,” he said he was told, “you will probably end up like Liu Xiaobo, who suffered imprisonment of many years.” Mr. Liu, another writer and rights activist, was sentenced last December to 11 years in prison after leading a public movement calling for democratic reforms and an end to Communist Party rule.

Mr. Yu said he was uncertain whether the agents’ threat was serious, but that he willing to go to prison if need be.

“As a writer, I consider freedom of speech an essential part of my life,” he said. “Without it I will be a walking corpse, with no meaning and no value.”

Mr. Yu, who has written 28 books, once was a bestselling writer in mainland China, but his political views have led to a ban on his works. His new book’s “best actor” title draws on a nickname — a sly reference to the Academy Awards honor — that critics have bestowed on Mr. Wen. His populist style and expressions of concern for ordinary people have made Mr. Wen by far the best liked of China’s leaders, but Mr. Yu and other skeptics contend that the image only masks the leadership’s authoritarian bent.

July 6, 2010 Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

July 6, 2010
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1

Hos 8:4-7, 11-13

Thus says the LORD:
They made kings in Israel, but not by my authority;
they established princes, but without my approval.
With their silver and gold they made
idols for themselves, to their own destruction.
Cast away your calf, O Samaria!
my wrath is kindled against them;
How long will they be unable to attain
innocence in Israel?
The work of an artisan,
no god at all,
Destined for the flames—
such is the calf of Samaria!

When they sow the wind,
they shall reap the whirlwind;
The stalk of grain that forms no ear
can yield no flour;
Even if it could,
strangers would swallow it.

When Ephraim made many altars to expiate sin,
his altars became occasions of sin.
Though I write for him my many ordinances,
they are considered as a stranger's.
Though they offer sacrifice,
immolate flesh and eat it,
the LORD is not pleased with them.
He shall still remember their guilt
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.
Ps 115:3-4, 5-6, 7ab-8, 9-10
Responsorial Psalm

R. (9a) The house of Israel trusts in the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Our God is in heaven;
whatever he wills, he does.
Their idols are silver and gold,
the handiwork of men.
R. The house of Israel trusts in the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
They have mouths but speak not;
they have eyes but see not;
They have ears but hear not;
they have noses but smell not.
R. The house of Israel trusts in the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
They have hands but feel not;
they have feet but walk not.
Their makers shall be like them,
everyone that trusts in them.
R. The house of Israel trusts in the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Mt 9:32-38
Gospel

A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus,
and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke.
The crowds were amazed and said,
"Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel."
But the Pharisees said,
"He drives out demons by the prince of demons."

Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."

July 3, 2010 Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle

July 3, 2010
Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle

Reading 1

Eph 2:19-22

Brothers and sisters:
You are no longer strangers and sojourners,
but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones
and members of the household of God,
built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets,
with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.
Through him the whole structure is held together
and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;
in him you also are being built together
into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Ps 117:1bc, 2
Responsorial Psalm

R. (Mark 16:15) Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
For steadfast is his kindness for us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
Jn 20:24-29
Gospel

Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord."
But Thomas said to them,
"Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands
and put my finger into the nailmarks
and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."
Now a week later his disciples were again inside
and Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands,
and bring your hand and put it into my side,
and do not be unbelieving, but believe."
Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"
Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."

2010被和谐语录

1. 在北京买1套60平米住房需150万元，各阶层的代价是：农民种三亩地1000年，工人上班100年，公务员工作35年，抢劫犯作案1500次，妓女接客7500次.

2. 今年诺贝尔和平奖提名有六位中国人，他们的共同点是：他们的名字都是敏感词
3. 一个8岁小女孩在《我的理想》作文中写道“如果我是一个城市管理者，当看到我的母亲在街边卖红薯时，可以慢慢赶她走……”。
4. 去年十月我在希腊雅典的宪法广场边上的一家酒店露台上吃饭欣赏卫城夜景时，一个老美要死不死的跑来说：你是中国人吗？你们的国庆阅兵很壮观。我气不打一处来的破口大骂：独裁者强征了老子的税款，然后炫耀武力…
5. 有一个人走到tian~an门广场，大声且愤怒的高喊：“这个go-vern-ment烂透了！！！”旋即被公共安全专家带走。那人辩解道：“我又没说哪个go-vern-ment烂”。公共安全专家说：“我在这工作了多少年了！你以为我不知道哪个go-vern-ment烂啊
6. 网民昨称，他上午去万达影城看《孔子》，结果“全场只有我和老婆两个人”，更称“这是什么烂片啊，简直是侮辱先人！”据说官方正通过包场方式进行救亡。但也有网友表示，唯一抢救《孔子》的方法：立即再开始一场批判孔子的运动，并且把《孔子》列为禁片，头号扫黄对象…
7. 西点军校发言人称，西点军校没有雷锋的任何画像与塑像，雷锋语录也没有被印在任何正式的学员出版物中。希望中国媒体予以澄清。希望澄清的原因是西点军校两年多来接待了一万余位前来寻找雷锋像的中国游客，花费大量人力物力进行辟谣，已经筋疲力尽。
8. 《光棍日报》评论员文章指出：光棍节被少数别有用心的人员煽动利用，使苦闷情绪迅速蔓延。在提倡自由恋爱的今天，光棍节是对社会主义制度优越性的诋毁。消灭光棍，必须通过深化改革、解放妇女思想来解决。希望妇女们不折不扣地贯彻落实 “救一个光棍，献一夜爱心”..
9. 一哥们儿隔壁新搬来个老外，一天晚上老外敲门求助，说：“我的电视坏了，不能换台。”这哥们儿低头看了眼表，很镇定的说：“全国的电视在晚上七点到七点半都会发作这种病毒的。
10. 话说沙尘暴吹到台湾。许多老人走上街头，张开双手，45度仰望天空，泪流满面，深呼吸，激动地说道：60年了，60年了，终于闻到家乡的泥土味了
11. 大家好，和谐号列车提醒大家：乘客谷歌因不遵守列车规定已被驱逐下车，请车上乘客务必遵守规定，拉紧窗帘，不得观看窗外风景。列车即将调头行驶，下一站：平壤.
12. 我想告诉我爱的姑娘，我不是舍不得钱去买房子，有那50?100万，我们把全世界玩个遍好不好？为啥要买房子呢。就50年使用权，仔细想想跟租房子一样，还要多拿20多万的首付
13. 高行健，法籍华人，唯一一个获得诺贝尔文学奖的“中国人”。1983年《车站》被禁演，1986年《彼岸》被禁演，1990年《逃亡》被禁演，并因作品触犯当局，被开除party籍、公职。1997年退出中国国籍加入法国国籍，2000年因《灵山》，《一个人的圣经》等作品获得诺贝尔文学奖。。。。
14. CCTV1，小崔说事，一个卫生部副部长，说免费为一农村大妈做白内障手术，说：“摘下纱布，她看见了，确实得感谢Communistparty 感谢go-vern-ment。靠她自己，她一辈子也做不起手术。”
问题是：辛苦一辈子，连个白内障手术都做不起，得恨谁？
15. 老子一碗炒饭要11块！浙江省委食堂部份菜谱如下：一盅炖人参鸡汤收人民币两元五角；茄汁明虾一盘收人民币三元；清蒸鲈鱼收一元五角人民币；炒时蔬收五角人民币； 鸡大腿一只收人民币五角； 三丝汤面（粉）收人民币二元
16. 江苏泰州街头标语：“和谐社会花似锦，科学发展势如涛”。网友加了个横批：一派胡言
17. 群众都过河了，干部还在那里假装摸石头。
18. 好学生是毕不了业的（韩寒），好老师是会被停课的（萧///瀚），好律师是会被陷害的（高//智//晟），好公民是会进监狱的（谭//z/u/o //人）
19. 中学读历史书每每读到农/民/起/义的时候都没什么感觉，现在再读农民起义才突然感觉到真TMNB，竟然敢起义！

香港七一大游行 民主党被围攻

记者: 黎堡 | 香港2010年 7月 01日
游行者争取中国实现民主
图片来源: 美国之音黎堡

游行者争取中国实现民主

香港数以万计的民众走上街头，参加一年一度的七一大游行。许多团体和个人在大游行中展示了各自不同的诉求，但绝大多数民众的一个共同诉求是争取更多的民主和自由。一向被认为是民主运动先锋的香港民主党这次却成了被围攻的目标。

七月一号是香港主权回归中国的纪念日，也是回归后每年香港民众举行大游行争取自己权益的大日子。

*顶着烈日 民众多项诉求*

今年的七月一号正赶上今年年初以来少有的高温天气，不过，数以万计的民众仍然顶着烈日来到香港岛上的维多利亚公园，将自己融入这支浩浩荡荡的游行队伍。

中年妇女刘家善带着高音喇叭，跟几位年轻人一起来到这里。她们都是“全港保障家庭生活关注最低工资大联盟”的成员。今天她们要喊的口号是，香港最低工资不低于每小时三十五港元。

刘家善说：“现在通货膨胀很厉害，一路上涨，没有下降，但基层市民的工资没增加，可能反而减少了。所以我们要求(工资每小时)三十五元，起码三十五元。”

*南亚裔香港人要求多建曲棍球场*

南亚裔港人阿巴斯(左二)争取政府兴建曲棍球场
美国之音黎堡
南亚裔港人阿巴斯(左二)争取政府兴建曲棍球场

阿里夫·阿巴斯带着一群南亚裔青少年也加入了游行队伍。他说，他们这些南亚裔移民在香港土生土长已经好几代了，可是仍然被看成是二等公民，享受不到普通香港人应有的待遇。他们在这次游行中希望表达的一个主要信息是希望香港政府能为这些酷爱打曲棍球的青少年多建一些专门的场地。

阿巴斯说：“实际上，有好多东西我们希望能从政府那里争取到，但是今天我们有一项主要诉求。孩子们说，全香港人都有自己的篮球场、足球场和网球场，但是我们喜欢玩曲棍球，而我们没有场地玩。我们要求政府为我们修建一些曲棍球场。”

*多数参与者要求废除功能组别争取真普选*

麦丽贞要求真普选
美国之音黎堡
麦丽贞要求真普选

不过，绝大多数参与大游行的民众希望表达的一个共同愿望是废除功能界别选举，争取真普选。香港电台节目制作人员工会主席麦丽贞今天以一个普通公民身份来参与游行活动，并向民众分发废除功能组别的旗帜。

麦丽贞说：“我们要求普选，一个真正的普选，而功能组别使一些人有特权，多一票，所以我们反对功能组别。”

*民主党反被民主人士围攻*

民主党纠察队组成人链保护本党游行队伍
美国之音黎堡
民主党纠察队组成人链保护本党游行队伍

作为民主运动的先锋，香港民主党也坚决要求废除功能组别，争取双普选，但是由于前不久接受了修改过的政府政改方案而遭到一些民主派人士的唾弃。为了安全起见，组织者把一向走在七一大游行队伍前列的民主党安排在队伍的最后，但仍然没有避免一些激进人士对他们的围攻。

一些人高喊“民主党可耻”口号冲向民主党骨干，但被民主党纠察队组成的人链和大批警员拦住。

*何俊仁：民主党问心无愧*

民主党主席何俊仁说，他心中无愧，时间将证明民主党在政改方案中作出妥协是正确的决定。

何俊仁说：“坚持了二十多年的民主运动，我们一定会走下去，跟市民一起，万众一心地去争取真普选。所以我不担心基于误解的责骂和批评。时间是最好的证明。 ”

香港特区政府行政长官曾荫权早上在庆祝主权回归十三年的酒会上称赞政改方案最近获得通过是庆祝香港回归的最好礼物。政府表示，最近通过的2012年选举政改方案既提高了民主成分，又不违背基本法。批评人士说，政改方案不仅没有废除、反而增加了不民主的立法会功能界别席位，而且没有交代通往普选的路线图。

谷歌中国申延ICP执照凶多吉少

记者: 海彦 | 华盛顿2010年 7月 01日

全球搜索引擎巨头谷歌公司在中国的网络内容服务商(ICP)执照6月30日到期。7月1日还没有任何迹象表明中国政府会批准谷歌延照。谷歌面临无法在中国继续谷歌中国(Google. cn)的网站域名的危险。

*停止导向谷歌香港服务*

迫于中国政府的压力，谷歌公司为了争取在中国的网络内容服务商执照能得到延续，于6月29日停止了对中国大陆用户提供的自动导向谷歌香港搜索引擎的服务。尽管如此，在谷歌是否能获得ICP执照延长的关键时刻，谷歌公司星期三表示，其搜索引擎遭到“部分封锁”。

同时，更令谷歌不安的是，谷歌虽然向中国政府提出了甲级测绘资质，即所谓的互联网地图牌照的申请，但并不在星期三被证实的首批通过公司之列。

今年5月，中国国家测绘局对互联网地图服务专业标准进行修订，要求所有在中国提供在线地图和位置服务、手机地图、地图搜索或下载的公司，如果要继续运营都必须报请审批，以申请相应的牌照。

知情人士表示，互联网地图牌照的获取资质比ICP牌照更为严格，在谷歌中国未获ICP牌照的情况下，想获得互联网地图牌照难度相当大。如果未获这一牌照，意味着谷歌也无法在中国提供重要的地图服务。

*谷歌遭遇引各方关注*

种种迹象表明，谷歌公司面临被封锁出中国市场的危险。在美国国会星期三举行的有关中国资讯控制的听证会上，多位议员对谷歌在中国的遭遇感到关注。

另外，设在美国的中国人权组织星期三发表声明，针对谷歌在中国孤军奋战的情况，呼吁各国政府和企业支持谷歌公司，向中国政府传递清晰的信息，要求必须为外商提供不会迫使他们违反人权的商业环境。

广州中山大学教授、文学、妇女和公共问题学者、维权人士艾晓明主要通过网络从事学术及社会问题的研究，发表见解和评论，与外界交流。她在接受采访时表示，在信息技术高度发展的今天，政府全力限制资讯自由流通的作法非常愚蠢。

她说：“谷歌被限制，撤离，对中国来讲，对中国这些使用网络的人来讲，是很大的一个损失。我觉得在目前这样一个信息技术日新月异的一个时代，在中国已经都在做世博会这样一个时代，我们在信息环境还设置人为的障碍，我觉得是很愚蠢的。从管制部门来讲，它就是要管理信息，就是要限制人们接触某些权力集团不喜欢人接触的信息。”

现居广州的前美国大西洋理事会资深研究员、作家、博客作者杨恒均说，如果谷歌被排挤出中国，中国民众将失去一个争取言论自由的工具：

“中国政府这样做还是很过分的，我觉得Google、谷歌应该还坚持在大陆注册。否则，对大家的用户，对大家争取言论自由少了一个非常有利的工具。”

前中国青年杂志社会版主编、大学生杂志社副总编辑、网络作家凌沧洲说，不论从学术研究，还是从言论自由、信息流通等方面来说，谷歌从中国市场消失都是损失。

他说：“这个无论是从信息流通，还是从言论自由的角度来讲，我认为都是一个损失。有的人不一定看新闻，搞学术研究来讲，没有Google.cn也是很不方便的。西方公司在适应中国审查的国情的时候，很难适应。”

分析人士认为，如果谷歌ICP执照不能获得延期，那对谷歌申请延长其他执照也更加困难。谷歌在中国的引擎搜索市场份额占30%多，最大的搜索引擎公司百度占市场约60%。

July 1, 2010

July 1, 2010
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1

Am 7:10-17

Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam,
king of Israel:
“Amos has conspired against you here within Israel;
the country cannot endure all his words.
For this is what Amos says:
Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and Israel shall surely be exiled from its land.”

To Amos, Amaziah said:
“Off with you, visionary, flee to the land of Judah!
There earn your bread by prophesying,
but never again prophesy in Bethel;
for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”
Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet,
nor have I belonged to a company of prophets;
I was a shepherd and a dresser of sycamores.
The LORD took me from following the flock, and said to me,
‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
Now hear the word of the LORD!”

You say: prophesy not against Israel,
preach not against the house of Isaac.
Now thus says the LORD:
Your wife shall be made a harlot in the city,
and your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword;
Your land shall be divided by measuring line,
and you yourself shall die in an unclean land;
Israel shall be exiled far from its land.
Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11
Responsorial Psalm

R. (10cd) The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
The ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
Sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.
Mt 9:1-8
Gospel

After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town.
And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
“Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.”
At that, some of the scribes said to themselves,
“This man is blaspheming.”
Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said,
“Why do you harbor evil thoughts?
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’
or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
But that you may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive sins”—
he then said to the paralytic,
“Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
He rose and went home.
When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe
and glorified God who had given such authority to men.

基督教在中国：面临压力仍急速发展

媒体看中国 | 2010.06.30


据估计，目前中国基督教会的教徒人数超过了中国共产党七千万党员的总数。与1949年秋中华人民共和国刚成立时三百万天主教徒和七十万福音新教教徒的统计数字相比，中国基督徒人数增长了二十倍。


2001年至2007年在北京任福音新教社区主教，2007年起在北京神学院任教的德国福音新教神学家格罗尔德•海因克（Gerold Heinke）在《新苏黎世报》上发表文章说，中国基督教教徒人数的急剧增加说明基督教在中国有了令人难以置信的兴旺发展。文章从几个方面分析了推动这一发展趋势的原因：

"首先，作为意识形态基础的毛主义在中国已经过时，而基督教信仰超越家庭，具有万众一心的集体精神。中国社会十分以家庭为中心，但经济发展迫使千百万农民充当农民工在中心城市打工，打破了家庭结构，教会社区可以为他们提供一种替代家庭的生活方式。

第二，中国的基督教社区以完全不同的另一种方式提供精神解脱。例如教会集体为病人进行祷告，按照新约全书的方式把手放在病人额头上给予祝福或者通过教会社区关心帮助那些往往无力支付医疗费用的病人。

中国基督教社区增长的第三个原因是人们追求理想方向、与神的精神相遇，也追求人生的意义。在这方面，基督教社区也可以为中国当今社会提供与众不同的内容。中国的传统宗教中，老年男子说了算，而在基督教社区，70%新入教的教徒是妇女，妇女可以在基督教组织中承担更大的责任。"

在中国加入基督教仍有“麻烦”Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:

文章观察了中国官方"三自"爱国教会之外的家庭教会，发现"即使巨大压力和迫害也不能迫使这些独立教会融入官方机构，它们或多或少受到压迫，但是仍然在地下活动，传播福音。"文章说，"在中国成为基督教徒仍然有风险"：

"四世纪末，基督教就成了罗马帝国的国教。与欧洲不同，基督教在中国从来就没有成为社会权力结构的一部分。中国人成为基督徒总是意味着成为少数群体，会给日常生活增加麻烦，他们不得不忍受迫害。在中国，成为基督徒也是逆潮流而行。但也许正因为如此，中国的基督徒才富有活力：因为只有活鱼才能逆流而上。

中国的基督教社区只拥有最小量的教会房屋和教会组织，他们是'没有教堂的教会'。家庭教会运动在自己成员的家中聚会。甚至官方承认的'三自运动'也没有足够的教堂，以适应教会不断扩大的需求。中国的教会就象其使用的称呼一样，更多是一场信众的'运动'，而不是传统意义上的教会。'运动'这个概念表明基督教在中国仍然有很大的活力，教会在继续壮大。"



（本文摘自或节译自其它媒体，不代表德国之声观点）

编译：王羊

责编：石涛

June 30, 2010 Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

June 30, 2010
Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1

Am 5:14-15, 21-24

Seek good and not evil,

that you may live;

Then truly will the LORD, the God of hosts,

be with you as you claim!

Hate evil and love good,

and let justice prevail at the gate;

Then it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts,

will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.



I hate, I spurn your feasts, says the LORD,

I take no pleasure in your solemnities;

Your cereal offerings I will not accept,

nor consider your stall-fed peace offerings.

Away with your noisy songs!

I will not listen to the melodies of your harps.

But if you would offer me burnt offerings,

then let justice surge like water,
and goodness like an unfailing stream.


Ps 50:7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16bc-17
Responsorial Psalm

R. (23b) To the upright I will show the saving power of God.

“Hear, my people, and I will speak;

Israel, I will testify against you;

God, your God, am I.”

R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.

“Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,

for your burnt offerings are before me always.

I take from your house no bullock,

no goats out of your fold.”

R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.

“For mine are all the animals of the forests,

beasts by the thousand on my mountains.

I know all the birds of the air,

and whatever stirs in the plains, belongs to me.”

R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.

“If I were hungry, I should not tell you,

for mine are the world and its fullness.

Do I eat the flesh of strong bulls,

or is the blood of goats my drink?”

R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.

“Why do you recite my statutes,

and profess my covenant with your mouth,

Though you hate discipline

and cast my words behind you?”
R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.


Mt 8:28-34
Gospel

When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes,

two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him.

They were so savage that no one could travel by that road.

They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God?

Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”

Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding.

The demons pleaded with him,

“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.”

And he said to them, “Go then!”

They came out and entered the swine,

and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea

where they drowned.

The swineherds ran away,

and when they came to the town they reported everything,

including what had happened to the demoniacs.

Thereupon the whole town came out to meet Jesus,
and when they saw him they begged him to leave their district.

胡锦涛到访，加拿大发生了地震(姜维平)

2010-06-24

这似乎是一次巧合：当胡锦涛到访之时，北美却发生了一次地震，据报道，东部时间6月23日上午11：25分左右，加拿大和美国境内发生了地震。据680消息，地震初步估计为5.5级，震中位于加拿大首都渥太华北边。连即将举行G-20峰会的多伦多，也都“明显体会到了本次地震”，何况欢迎胡锦涛晚宴的场所正好离震中不远。

虽然，大自然的燥动与胡锦涛没有关系，但围绕着迎接还是抗议他的问题，则在当地华人中间，展开了一场前所未有的如同地震般的争斗，它对人们心灵的撼动和引发的思考，可能不亚于天意。我想，是什麽东西，造成了一个国家远在海外的国民分成了两个敌对的阵营？究竟他们谁是爱国，谁是卖国？用什麽东西能使他们化干戈为玉帛？

当万锦的一家公司的林小姐，给老板打电话报告警报器大响，现在必须命令员工撤离大楼之时，新出版的《大纪元》新闻网披露了一个讲话录音，其表明，中共驻加拿大使馆，竟利用专款组织几个城市的上千中国学生和侨民欢迎胡锦涛访加，这一消息对我的刺激，如同地震，这种弄虚作假的行为，是对中国领导人的捧场，还是欺骗？我真是不可思议！

此前媒体报道说，中国国家主席胡锦涛今天启程访问加拿大，显示两国关系进一步改善。但加国发言人称，加拿大总理哈珀会晤胡锦涛时将提出人权问题。以前，中加两国在达赖喇嘛到访、赖昌星遣返、人权等问题上多有分歧，关系一度紧张，但哈珀去年12月的“破冰之旅”首次访华，使两国关系出现了转机，这次胡锦涛回访，是他近5年来第一次以中国国家元首的身份访加。显然，他们都认为，彼此不会轻易放弃各自的立场，只是更倾向于“求同存异”，不想为人权争议损害两国关系。近期，哈珀的发言人苏德斯指出，哈珀将与胡锦涛讨论经贸、投资、环保、能源及旅游等广泛议题，当中也包括人权。但他强调哈珀会在“坦诚及相互尊重”的气氛下与胡锦涛交换意见。

其实，这一切矛盾的表现和外交辞令，均是中国国内情况的折射和中加两国不同的价值观互相融合与碰撞造成的。可能世界上还没有哪一个国家的民众移居或侨居他国之后，竟形成了黑白分明截然不同的两个阵营，一个希望在胡锦涛到访之时，表达对中国人权状况恶劣的关注与抗议，一个要表现对以他为首的中共政权强有力的支持，二者针锋相对，水火不容，这对即将出席在多伦多举行的20国领导人峰会的来宾，应是预料之中的平常事，问题是，利用造假的虚张声势的办法，制造轰动效应，大概只有中国独树一帜！

显然，《大纪元》获得的这份录音资料是真实的，他录下了中国驻加拿大大使馆教育处一等秘书刘少华，6月18日在使馆内，对现场50多名公派学生和学者的讲话内容。其称，使馆组织的这次大型欢迎活动的真正用意，是“压倒”法轮功和其它人权团体的抗议，这是一场“政治斗争”。刘少华说：“然后再都到国会山，我们占东部，法轮功占西广场，……数量上，我们应该能压过他们。”刘少华讲话中还透露，欢迎活动的目的还包括让胡锦涛“全程都看到（欢迎队伍）”。

据报道，胡锦涛2005年访加时在渥太华的行程中，所到之处都看到、听到了法轮功和其它信仰和人权团体的抗议呼声，这让中共官员感到恼火。故刘少华说：“2005胡主席来访问的时候，他们（指抗议人士）搞了很多，加方一点都不配合，国内气坏了，……”。他又说：“所以这次你们这次，包括费用，我们全出，……其他自费生，其实我们也出，因为你们也很辛苦，国家出这点钱（不算什么），我想，这是一场斗争，政治斗争。”

至此，事情已经非常清晰，欢迎胡锦涛的队伍共有两部份组成，一部份是学生，另一部份是侨胞。这些人员来自多个城市，包括，蒙特利尔、多伦多、滑铁卢和渥太华。如果他们是自愿，也无可非议，问题是，如同2005年威震一时的“红海洋”一样，中使领馆不仅对这些“被自发”请来的欢迎人员的活动進行了周密的组织和安排，而且还提供了房费，餐费、租车费，以及旅行补贴。特别是，他在讲话中还反复强调严格保密：“你们对外就不要讲了，不要跟任何人讲，……，现在有些人网上都讲了，说什么到使馆领钱哪……，很不好的，有些人没经验，不知道。”这表明，他明明知道这样做是有损国家声誉的行为，却照做不误，这真是令国人羞愧和愤慨！

同时，另一家媒体则披露了一位旅美华人在《新浪》博客上刊出的一篇文章，其称，中国驻加拿大领馆耗费巨资组织当地华人，去渥太华参加欢迎胡锦涛主席的活动。这又从另一个私人的角度和侧面证实了上述丑闻！原来，博客作者的“女儿是跟大学里面的华人协会一起参加的。所有的交通费用，酒店费用及吃饭的费用全包。一共三天。每天每个人还发50加元。”这一新的证据使刘少华无可辩白。 (博boxun.com)
与此同时，据报道，昨日大约有100多名法轮功学员，在中国驻多市总领馆前抗议示威﹐他们呼吁哈珀总理在与胡锦涛会面时﹐提出人权问题。多伦多法轮大法学会组织者表示：我们希望哈珀总理在与胡锦涛会晤时 ﹐将人权、特别是法轮功的人权问题，作为议程中重要的一部分﹐以信守他所提出的将坚持加拿大重要的价值观﹐不出卖人权来换取金钱的承诺。”他们还表示﹐在过去的一年内﹐有8位哈珀的内阁部长访问中国﹐但没有一人公开提到人权问题﹐这种局面应该停止。现场显示，昨日的活动只是拉开了抗议的序幕，今天当胡锦涛抵达渥太华时﹐他们的人数增加到了600多人，他们在渥太华胡锦涛下榻的宾馆、总督府、国会山庄前抗议，声势不小，其与领使馆组织的人员形成打擂台的局面。显然，他们的一切费用是自掏腰包，哪个国家也不可能给它报销。

由此产生了一个尖锐的问题，欢迎和抗议的人们谁是出之真情，谁是在演戏？谁是爱国，谁是卖国？我不否认，既便是摇小旗的人当中，也的确有热泪盈眶的赤子，但为了蝇头小利来凑热闹的也大有人在，然而，举牌抗议的人们绝非为了物质利益而来，他们在国内受到了公权力的迫害，已是痛彻骨髓，有的不仅妻离子散，家破人亡，有的背井离乡，移居海外，但亲友因宗教信仰惨遭打压，至今尚在狱中，他们真心地希望胡锦涛在保证经济发展的同时，也能尊重和维护他们的人权，因为人不是动物，人在吃饱喝足之后，更加需要表达权，选举权，监督权，信仰自由权，等等，胡锦涛切不要沉浸在华而不实的金钱虚构的欢迎声中，遗失了神圣的使命，这种使命不仅仅是经济合同与旅游协议，还应当有人类的普世价值和民主，人权，宪政，法制的理念。我想，他在任期的最后几年里，如果能大举进行政治体制改革，那麽，以后国家领导人再到访时，就会出现中国人发自内心的统一团结的欢迎阵容，也会节约国家大笔金钱，这将是一件多麽好的事情啊！

毫无疑问，抚去这些热闹的表面现象，我们可以看到，是目前中共的专制统治，造成了上述两个阵营的分野与落差，愈合和补救它的唯一办法，是进行社会变革，而民间维权运动和党内改革派以及海外民运三股力量良性互动对接，则是希望之所在。从近期国内风起云涌的工潮与党内派别的精彩表演，我们感受到了中国民主化的“地震”已经不远，隐隐约约地传来的征兆令人鼓舞，由于社会矛盾的积累已是干柴烈火，只要有了突发事件，就可能推倒中国的柏林墙，使民主成为一发而不可收拾的燎原之火，迅速照亮中国美好的民主化未来，从这个意义上讲，胡锦涛越是专注于经济，越是政治上不作为，越是被虚假的歌功颂德所迷惑，中国的裂变可能越快，形象地说，社会变革的“地震”来得越猛，来得越超级！故此，我奉劝胡锦涛今夜在倾听欢快鼓声的同时，能以敏感的悟性与丰富的想象力，把抗议声和欢迎曲融为一体，品味专制政体给中国人民带来的是多麽巨大的灾难！以至泾渭分明的两股势力和群体的斗争已经延伸到了海外！虽然，唐炜臻的身影已经消失，但金钱与铜臭编织的光环再次笼罩了胡锦涛的脸！

我听说，胡锦涛曾随幕僚去香港请教南怀瑾先生治国之策，笔者在狱中五年亦曾熟读这位台湾周易大师所著的《易经系传别讲》，他十分重视孔子的名言“在天成像，在地成形，变化见矣”，现在，笔者提醒人们，自然天像足以令人敬畏，一切偶然发生的事件中也存在着必然的因素，故此，请胡锦涛在国会山的不眠之夜里，望风怀想，深刻反思，这里的地震和江西抚河唱凯堤的决口，是否都是天象，在启示地下的芸芸众生，包括他在内的G20国领导人，顺应历史的潮流，展开博大的胸襟，形成世界的合力，互利互惠，共度难关，建设美好的人类家园，而对中国领导人胡锦涛来说，推动政治体制改革，造福子孙后代才是众望所归，正所谓：“在天成像，在地成形，乾坤定矣”！

2010年6月23日深夜于多伦多


（文章只代表特约评论员个人的立场和观点）

June 28, 2010 Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr

June 28, 2010
Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr

Reading 1

Am 2:6-10, 13-16

Thus says the LORD:

For three crimes of Israel, and for four,

I will not revoke my word;

Because they sell the just man for silver,

and the poor man for a pair of sandals.

They trample the heads of the weak

into the dust of the earth,

and force the lowly out of the way.

Son and father go to the same prostitute,

profaning my holy name.

Upon garments taken in pledge

they recline beside any altar;

And the wine of those who have been fined

they drink in the house of their god.



Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them,

who were as tall as the cedars,

and as strong as the oak trees.

I destroyed their fruit above,

and their roots beneath.

It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,

and who led you through the desert for forty years,

to occupy the land of the Amorites.



Beware, I will crush you into the ground

as a wagon crushes when laden with sheaves.

Flight shall perish from the swift,

and the strong man shall not retain his strength;

The warrior shall not save his life,

nor the bowman stand his ground;

The swift of foot shall not escape,

nor the horseman save his life.

And the most stouthearted of warriors
shall flee naked on that day, says the LORD.


Ps 50:16bc-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23
Responsorial Psalm

R. (22a) Remember this, you who never think of God.

“Why do you recite my statutes,

and profess my covenant with your mouth,

Though you hate discipline

and cast my words behind you?”

R. Remember this, you who never think of God.

“When you see a thief, you keep pace with him,

and with adulterers you throw in your lot.

To your mouth you give free rein for evil,

you harness your tongue to deceit.”

R. Remember this, you who never think of God.

“You sit speaking against your brother;

against your mother’s son you spread rumors.

When you do these things, shall I be deaf to it?

Or do you think that I am like yourself?

I will correct you by drawing them up before your eyes.”

R. Remember this, you who never think of God.

“Consider this, you who forget God,

lest I rend you and there be no one to rescue you.

He that offers praise as a sacrifice glorifies me;

and to him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God.”

R. Remember this, you who never think of God.


Mt 8:18-22
Gospel

When Jesus saw a crowd around him,

he gave orders to cross to the other shore.

A scribe approached and said to him,

“Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,

but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”

Another of his disciples said to him,

“Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”

But Jesus answered him, “Follow me,
and let the dead bury their dead.”