1989_09 The Daily Collegian September 1989

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money," he said.
Bluestein also said the black
market was a prevalent way of life
and that connections made through
family or friends were a very
important part of Chinese society.
Crime In China Is much worse in
recent years, Bluesteln said.
"It used to be you could drop a penny
In the street and someone would pick
it up and run after you trying to return
It," he said, "Now it's very different"
Bluesteln's camera case was cut
into twice and his wife's purse was
stolen during their first week In
China. Travelers are warned not to
enter .certain sections of Beijing
because they will be mugged, Bluestein
said.
But those same thieves were very
supportive of the pro-democratic
movement by students and helped
them with transportion and money.
Bluesteln said.
The corrupt elements of China's
population were not the only one* to
support the students, Bluestein said.
At first no one gave the students
support, but after they showed
fearless patriotism and were
undaunted In the (face of government
reprisal, the media and society in
general gave them a great deal of
support
Bluestein said the students were
veiy organized and had committees
for everything. Students traveled to
Beijing from every university to act as
representatives for the students who
could not be there tovsupport the
activists.
In May, one month before the
Chinese People's Liberation Army
violently suppressed the Tiananmen
Square uprising, faculty at the
university where Bluesteln taught
were warned not to take part in any of
the student demonstrations, he said.
. Faculty were watched and Bluestein
said he knew spies sat In on his
classes, because things he did in class
would be reported back to him later.
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But he said he didn't mind spies: he
was used to them.
■That's no problem to me. Alter all,
IVe had spies at Fresno State,"
Bluestein said. He clarified his
statement by saying during the 60s
the campus had a list of radicals and
he was number two on that list.
No less radical today, Bluestein
said he accidentally found .himself at
the forefront of a large student march
in Chang-Sha. When asked to carry a
flag for the cause, he took It up and
waved it as he marched.
Another member of the marching
group told him to drop it because it
said. "Down with corrupt leaders In
Beijing'. He followed the advice of the
second student.
Most of the demonstrations by
students were organized . fasts,
marches, bottle throwing and laying
on railroad tracks as methods of
protesting government authority.
The students want democratic
socialism, as do the Chinese labor
unions. Bluestein said.
In defense of the students. Bluesteln
said the violent protests were not
usually at the hands of students. He
said a lot of people are unhappy and
that there are a lot of homeless people
in China.       >*
"When you hear about windows
being broken out of buildings and
property    damaged    it    is    not    the
to
students." he said, ^put the people who
art homeless."
Dave Wlnslow. a CSUF student wtii
spent ten months in China this year,
responded to Bluesteln's message by
saying, "No revolution in China will
be successful unul they have the
support of the peasants, and the
peasants are not being threatened
enough yet-tosupport the uprising."
Bluestein said many people won't
unite in a revolution because they fear
the same collapse of the regime as
happened in the 1949 revoluUon. He
believes the current demonstrations
are only the second part of the 1949
insurrection.
The Chinese have a great tradition
of     revolution,"      Bluesteln      said.
Because of this he feels the current
crisis ~is not ^ result-"Of Western ""'
influence, at least not directly.
"The Chinese made two mistakes,"
he said. They sent 80,000 students to
study in the United States, and they
returned with Western ideas. They
also let in the press."
Bluestein is certain that China will
undergo a revolution and that it will
be a success.
'The young people of China, who
profoundly want democratic
socialism, will ultimately succeed,"
he said.
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