The Fifth Modernization
Pro-democracy essay in China
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"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]
AuthorWei Jingsheng
Publication date
1978| Author | Wei Jingsheng |
|---|---|
Publication date | 1978 |
SimplifiedChinese第五个现代化
TraditionalChinese第五個現代化
Hanyu PinyinDì wǔ ge/gè xiàndàihuà
di4 wu3 {ge5 ge4} xian4 dai4 hua4
di4 wu3 {ge5 ge4} xian4 dai4 hua4
Hanyu PinyinDì wǔ ge/gè xiàndàihuà
di4 wu3 {ge5 ge4} xian4 dai4 hua4
di4 wu3 {ge5 ge4} xian4 dai4 hua4
| The Fifth Modernization | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 第五个现代化 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 第五個現代化 | ||||||||||
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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.
