The free world led by the U.S. fought almost all regimes that trampled on human rights.

The free world led by the U.S. fought almost all regimes that trampled on human rights.

Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.

Now the entire world has its eyes on China.

I have viewed the West as if it were not only the salvation of China but also the natural and ultimate destination of all humanity.

Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.

China after Olympics will progress very slowly. But the demands for freedom - on the part of ordinary people but also party members - won't be as easy to contain.