The Fifth Modernization
| The Fifth Modernization | |
|---|---|
Hanyu Pinyin | Dì wǔ ge/gè xiàndàihuà di4 wu3 {ge5 ge4} xian4 dai4 hua4 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | dai6 ng5 go3 jin6 doi6 faa3 |
"The Fifth Modernization" is an essay by human rights activist Wei Jingsheng, originally begun as a signed wall poster placed on the Democracy Wall in Beijing on December 5, 1978.[1]
Summary
The poster called on the Chinese Communist Party to add democracy to the list of the Four Modernizations, which already included industry, agriculture, science and technology, and national defense.[2] It openly stated democracy was an additional modernization that needed to be pursued if China truly wanted to modernize itself.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-7618-3193-8.
- ISBN 978-0-679-76387-1.
External links
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