逾百名國際政要和學者：給國內外中國公民和中國友人的公開信 ｢共產黨依靠恐嚇為主的政治統治方式危害中國公民乃全世界｣

【真相網2020.4.16】作為對百名中國學者致美國公開信的回應，截至4月14日早上，從歐洲議會成員到加拿大智庫專家，有超過一百名政界人士和國際學者發布致中國公開信。這封信題為《共產黨依靠恐嚇為主的政治統治方式危害中國公民乃至全世界》，呼籲重估中共的統治政策以及給全球生命健康帶來的威脅。全文如下：

共產黨依靠恐嚇為主的政治統治方式危害中國公民乃全世界
The Communist Party』s rule by fear endangers Chinese citizens—and the world

給國內外中國公民和中國友人的公開信
An open letter to Chinese citizens and friends of China at home and abroad

當前的全球危機是許多人數十年來一直容忍或支持的政權引起的。
The current global crisis has been caused by the regime so many of you have been tolerating or supporting for decades.

2020年4月2日，一百位中國官方學者寫了一封公開信。他們譴責｢許多批評聲音使COVID-19大流行病政治化｣。 他們說：｢在大流行病的這一階段，COVID-19的確切來源仍未確定，但是這些問題並不重要，指責使所有人貶低並傷害所有人｣。他們也反對所謂的流行病政治化。
On 2 April 2020 a group of one hundred Chinese establishment scholars wrote an open letter decrying the "many critical voices politicizing the COVID-19 pandemic". They stated that "(at) this stage of the pandemic, the exact source and origin of COVID-19 remain undetermined, but these questions are unimportant and finger pointing is demeaning and hurtful to everyone". They also argued against what they alleged is the politicizing of the epidemic.

公開信體現了獨立知識分子許章潤教授所說的｢（至於舉國信心下跌、產權恐懼、政學憤懣、社會萎縮、文化出版蕭條，惟剩狗屁紅歌紅劇），以及無恥文痞歌功頌德之肉麻兮兮，早成事實。｣
The open letter exemplifies what the independent intellectual Professor Xu Zhangrun has called the "ridiculous 'Red Culture' and the nauseating adulation that the system heaps on itself via shameless pro-Party hacks who chirrup hosannahs at every turn."

現在被軟禁的許教授號召同胞停止對中國共產黨無條件的支持。他呼籲同胞們｢人人向不義咆哮，個個為正義將生命怒燃，刺破夜瘴迎接黎明，齊齊用力、用心、用命，擁抱那終將降臨這片大地的自由的太陽！。｣
Professor Xu—now under house arrest—has called on his compatriots to stop their uncritical support for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and instead to "rage against this injustice; let your lives burn with a flame of decency; break through the stultifying darkness and welcome the dawn."

儘管我們尚不清楚該病毒的確切來源和初始傳播，但起源問題仍然非常重要，對於中國人民和全人類來說：只有了解這種全球性災難是如何發生的，我們才能防止它再次發生。
While the exact source and spread of the virus are not clear yet the question of origin is highly important, for the people of China and for all humankind: only by understanding how this global disaster could emerge we can prevent it from happening again.

大流行病的問題根源在於中共當局對於疫情剛在湖北省武漢市爆發時的隱瞞。 在中共的影響下，世界衛生組織（WHO）剛開始淡化了這次疫情的嚴重性。據台灣衛生專家的說法，WHO忽略其2019年12月底發出關於病毒人傳人的預警。雖然民主台灣成功地防治病毒在台灣的傳播，可是迫於中共壓力，台灣被世界衛生組織排除在外。
The roots of the pandemic are in a cover-up by CCP authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province. Under the influence of the CCP the World Health Organisation first downplayed the pandemic. Taiwanese health officials also allege that they ignored their alerts of human-to-human transmission in late December. Under pressure from the CCP, democratic Taiwan—which has coped with the pandemic in exemplary fashion—is excluded from the WHO.

我們永遠都不要忘記，中國的｢切爾諾貝利時刻｣是一個自我傷害的傷口。 中共壓制了中國醫生，他們想在疫情爆發初期警告其他衛生專業人員：艾芬醫生在接受國內一家媒體的採訪後就被禁聲了； 她的同事李文亮醫生在武漢與該病毒作鬥爭時死亡。 李醫生在臨終時曾留下廣為流傳的一句話：｢健康的社會不應只有一種聲音。"
We should never forget that China』s Chernobyl moment was a self-inflicted wound. The CCP silenced Chinese doctors who wanted to warn other health professionals during the early stage of the outbreak: Dr Ai Fen can no longer appear in public after accepting a domestic media interview; her colleague Dr Li Wenliang died while fighting the virus in Wuhan. On his deathbed Dr Li famously said that "a healthy society shouldn't have only one voice."

中國企業家任志強寫道 ｢沒有了媒體代表人民利益去公告事實的真相，剩下的就是人民的生命被病毒和體制的重病共同傷害的結果。｣ 他於3月12日失蹤。
The Chinese entrepreneur Ren Zhiqiang wrote that ｢without a media representing the interests of the people by publishing the actual facts, the people』s lives are being ravaged by both the virus and the major illness of the system." He disappeared on March 12.

勇敢的公民記者陳秋實、方斌和李澤華因試圖自由報道武漢局勢至今下落不明。
The courageous citizen journalists Chen Qiushi, Fang Bin and Li Zehua, who tried to report freely about the situation in Wuhan, now are also missing.

中國內地的政治困境不僅僅是習近平領導的失敗，而且有其他因素。 在最近的一段視頻信息中，一位叫張文斌的大學生反思了他從一個非批判的中共支持者到一個有良知的具有批判性的中國公民的過程：｢(自從我) 翻牆之後慢慢認清共產黨邪惡的嘴臉。中國共產黨從土地改革、文化大革命、三年饑荒、計畫生育、六四屠殺、對法輪功的迫害、對西藏、香港和新疆人民的迫害，到今天它已經將魔爪伸向了全世界，而大家還都視而不見，甚至還在歌功頌德，我實在無法忍受。｣ 張先生在記錄他的視頻後不久就消失了。 他的朋友擔心他會受到當局的訊問和酷刑。
Mainland China』s political malaise goes beyond the leadership failure of Xi Jinping. In a recent video message a young student called Zhang Wenbin reflected on his evolution from an uncritical CCP supporter to a critical citizen with a conscience: "Since I scaled the Great Firewall, I gradually came to the realization that the Chinese Communist Party has extended its dragon claws into every corner of the world, including collective farming [1950s], the Cultural Revolution [1966-1976], the Great Famine [1958-1961], the One-Child Policy, the Tiananmen massacre [1989], as well as the persecution of the Falun Gong [spiritual movement], and the peoples of Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang…Yet everyone continues to turn a blind eye, singing the party's praises. I just can't bear it". Zhang disappeared shortly after recording his message. His friends fear he will face interrogation and torture by the secret police.

全球大流行病迫使我們所有人面對一個不便的事實：中華人民共和國的一黨專制統治繼續包括人民健康在內的生活各個方面政治化，從而危害了所有人。 我們不應該相信中共的意圖並接受官方學者對黨國政策的不予批判的認可，而應該更加關注非官方中國的聲音。 這些思想獨立的學者、醫生、企業家、公民記者、公益律師和大學生不再接受中共以恐嚇為主的政治統治方式。 您也不應接受這樣的恐嚇。
The global pandemic forces us all to confront an inconvenient truth: by politicizing all aspects of life including people』s health, continued autocratic one-party rule in the People』s Republic of China has endangered everyone. Rather than trusting the CCP』s intentions and accepting establishment academics』 uncritical approval of the party-state』s policies, we should pay greater attention to the voices of what can be termed 『unofficial』 China. These independent-minded academics, doctors, entrepreneurs, citizen journalists, public interest lawyers and young students no longer accept the CCP』s rule by fear. Neither should you.

作為公眾人士、安全政策研究者和中國觀察者國際團體的成員，我們與勇敢有良知的中國公民站在一起。在此僅列舉一些英雄：許章潤、艾芬、李文亮、任志強、陳秋實、方斌、李澤華、許志永和張文斌，他們為自由開放的中國冒著生命和自由的危險。 他們各自的聲音已經匯成一首合唱曲。 他們呼籲重新批判性地評估中共的政策，以及這些政策對中國公民和全球各國公民所帶來的影響。 我們也敦促您加入他們。
As an international group of public figures, security policy analysts and China watchers we stand in solidarity with courageous and conscientious Chinese citizens including Xu Zhangrun, Ai Fen, Li Wenliang, Ren Zhiqiang, Chen Qiushi, Fang Bin, Li Zehua, Xu Zhiyong, and Zhang Wenbin, just to name a few of the real heroes and martyrs who risk their life and liberty for a free and open China. Their individual voices are already forming a chorus. They demand nothing less than a critical evaluation of the impact of CCP policies on the lives of Chinese citizens and citizens around the world. We urge you to join them.

Signatories (in alphabetical order) 
簽名（以字母排序）
Judith Abitan, Executive Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and a Human Rights Advocate
Patricia Adams, Probe International, Canada
Mantas Adomėnas MP, Parliament of Lithuania
Yoko Alender MP, Parliament of Estonia
Lord Alton of Liverpool, House of Lords, United Kingdom
Lord Andrew Adonis, House of Lords, United Kingdom
Dibyesh Anand, University of Westminster
Matteo Angioli, Global Committee for the Rule of Law "Marco Pannella"
Swati Arun, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Nathan Attrill, Australian National University
Rt Hon Norman Baker, Former Home Affairs minister, UK government
Christopher Balding, Fulbright University Vietnam
Carol Bao, University of Sydney
Geremie R. Barmé, Historian, Professor Emeritus, The Australian National University
Bastiaan Belder, Historian, Rapporteur European Parliament on EU-China relations 2004-2019
James Bezan, MP, Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman, Shadow Minister for National Defence
Teng Biao, Hunter College, City University of New York
Luca Biason, The Australian National University
Mattias Bjornerstedt, Swedish Tibet Committee, Sweden
Stephen Blank, Senior Fellow, FPRI.org
Harald Bockman, University of Oslo
Anne-Marie Brady, Global Fellow, Kissinger Institute on China and the US, Wilson Center, USA; Professor in Political Science and International Relations, University Canterbury, NZ
Charles Burton, Macdonald-Laurier Institute and European Values Center for Security Policy
Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
William A. Callahan, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
Kevin Carrico, Monash University
Chuangchuang Chen, St John's University School of Law, USA
Duanjie Chen, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Alvin Y.H. Cheung, NYU School of Law
Josephine Chiu-Duke, University of British Columbia, Canada
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, Humanity Beyond Borders, Thailand
Donald Clarke, George Washington University
Jerome A. Cohen, Founding Director, US-Asia Law Institute, New York University
J Michael Cole, University of Nottingham and Senior fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Damian Collins MP, House of Commons, United Kingdom
John Conti, California State University Dominguez Hills
Stéphane Corcuff, University of Lyon
Irwin Cotler, Chair of the Raoul Centre for Human Rights, Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University, and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Halyna Coynash, Kharkiv Human Rights Group
Hon Michael Danby MP, Seven term MP, former Parliamentary Secretary & past Chao Australian Parliament Foreign Affairs & Defence Committee
Michael Danielsen, Taiwan Corner
David A. Dayton, Utah Valley University
Axel Dessein, King's College London
Michael S. Duke, University of British Columbia, Canada
Stephen Ezell, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, United States
Horst Fabian, Independent researcher and Europe - China civil society Ambassador
Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers
Fredrik Fällman, Associate Professor of Sinology, University of Gothenburg
Antonia Finnane, University of Melbourne
Isaac Stone Fish, Senior Fellow, Asia Society
Anna Fotyga, European Parliament
Andrew Foxall, Henry Jackson Society
Vanessa Frangville, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Aaron L. Friedberg, Princeton University
Andreas Fulda, University of Nottingham, School of Politics and International Relations
Daniel Garrett, Securing Tianxia
Thomas Gold, University of California, Berkeley
Angela Gui, University of Cambridge
Martin Hála, Sinopsis and Charles University
Clive Hamilton, Charles Sturt University, Canberra
Dan Harris, Harris Bricken
Laura Harth, Global Committee for the Rule of Law ｢Marco Pannella｣
John Hemmings, Henry Jackson Society
Frank Herschel Finch III, University of New Haven
Michael Hsiao, Academia Sinica
Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University
Susie Hughes, Executive Director, International Coalition To End Transplant Abuse In China (ETAC), Australia
Massimo Introvigne, Sociologist, editor in chief of Bitter Winter
Dolkun Isa, World Uyghur Congress
Jakub Janda, Director, European Values Center for Security Policy, Prague, Czech Republic
Chin Jin, University of Sydney, Australia
Filip Jirouš, Sinopsis
Rasa Juknevičienė, European Parliament
Thierry Kellner, Université libre de Bruxelles
Tinatin Khidasheli, Civic IDEA, Former Minister of Defence, Georgia
Tamar Kintsurashvili, Media Development Foundation
Adéla Kleckova, German Marshall Fund, Czech Republic
Ondřej Klimeš, Researcher, Czech Academy of Sciences
Marcus Kolga, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Marko Kovic, Independent researcher and writer in Zurich, Switzerland
Andrius Kubilius, European Parliament
André Laliberté, University of Ottawa School of Political Studies, Canada
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Nathan Law Kwun Chung, Demosisto
Gregory Lee, University of Lyon
Eric S Li, Senior Member, Association of Computing Machinery, Canada
Anastasia Lin, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Petra Lindberg, SHRIC -Supporting Human Rights In China
Jan Lipavský MP, House of Commons, Czech Republic
Dimon Liu, Independent human rights activist
Olga Lomová, Charles University
Edward Lucas, Author, journalist, and senior vice-president, Center for European Policy Analysis
Nicola Macbean, The Rights Practice
Paul Macgregor, Historian of Chinese in Australia
Hon. Peter MacKay, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, National Defence, Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Paul Maddison, Director UNSW Research Institute, former Canadian High Commissioner to Australia, former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, University of New South Wales
Rahima Mahmut, Uyghur Human Rights Activiest, U.K. Project Director, World Uyghur Congress
Paul Maidowski, Fletcher School alumn
Shuvaloy Majumdar, Program Director & Munk Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Dorian Malovic, Asia Editor La Croix
Jonathan Manthorpe, International Affairs Commentator and author of "Claws of the Panda: Beijing's Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada" and "Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan."
Kyle Matthews, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Stewart McDonald MP, House of Commons, United Kingdom
James Millward, Georgetown University, USA
John Minford, Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studies, Australian National University
David Missal, Sinologist and Freelance Journalist
Alan Mendoza, The Henry Jackson Society
Juraj Mesík, Slovak Foreign Policy Association
Giorgi Moldini, Stratcom Georgia
Joseph Moschella, Attorney and Founder, Americans For Global Engagement
Enrique Miguel Sanchez Motos, Senior Civil Servant. President of Association for the Defense of Freedom of Conscience
John MacKenzie Nicolson, House of Commons, United Kingdom
Manyan Ng, International Society for Human Rights
Valérie Niquet, China and Asia specialist
Mareike Ohlberg, Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies
Kyle Olbert, Citizens of the American Republic
Jojje Olsson, Swedish journalist
Shaun O'Dwyer, Faculty of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University
Richard C Owens, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada
Tsering Passang, Adviser, Tibetan Community UK
Karen Patterson, Freelance Writer - Taking on China: How I Freed My Husband From Jail (2020), Canada
Katarzyna Pejda, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Andrew J Phelan, Med Tech Entrepreneur
Johnathan Pollock, Editor, 9DashLine
Patrick Poon, PhD researcher, Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III)
Katerina Prochazkova, Sinopsis
Luke de Pulford, Coalition for Genocide Response
Liwen Qin, Independent writer, Germany
Jafer Qureshi, Consultant Psychiatrist - Fellow Of the Royal College of Psychiatry. Philanthropist
Aaron Rhodes, President, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe
Pablo Rodríguez-Merino, University of Warwick
Benedict Rogers, Deputy Chair of Conservative Party Human Rights Commission & Chair of Hong Kong Watch
Wendy Rogers, International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China, Macquarie University, Australia
Bert-Jan Ruissen, Member of the European Parliament
Stuart Russell, Professor, Macquarie University School of Law, Sydney Australia (retired)
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, President of the "Global Committee for the Rule of Law- Marco Pannella"
Łukasz Sarek, Researcher, Asia Explained
Katarzyna Sarek, Jagiellonian University, Poland
David Schak, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
Puma Shen, National Taipei University
Radosław Sikorski, European Parliament
Michaela Šojdrová, Member of European Parliament, Czech Republic
Duncan Stirling, Former participant; EU-China Managers Exchange and Training Programme. Former foreign expert; China Central Television
Mark Stokes, The Project 2049 Institute
May-Britt U. Stumbaum, Freie Universität Berlin
Joshua Tang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Sinopsis
Nury Turkel, Attorney and Board Chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, USA
Thierry Valle, President, Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
Tsering Wangchuk, United Nations for Tibet
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, University of California, Irvine
Gerrit van der Wees, George Mason University, USA
Charlie Weimers MEP, Member of the European Parliament (Sweden, ECR Group)
Kerry Wright, NSW Education, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Australia Tibet Council, Australian Women for Tibet, Australia
Steve Xue, Boston University School of Theology
Michael B. Yahuda, Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics; Visiting Scholar, George Washington University
Lee Cheuk Yan, Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movement in China
Jianli Yang, Founder and President of Citizen Power Initiatives for China
Solomon Yue, CEO of Republicans Overseas & Republican National Committeeman for Oregon
Anna Zádrapová, Sinopsis
Michal Zelcer-Lavid, Bar-Ilan University
Adrian Zenz, Senior fellow in China Studies, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Xiaoshi Zhang, Cardozo School of Law
Peter Zoehrer, FOREF Europe
(This list was updated on April 15, 2020 at 1:55pm ET)
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