加拿大国家邮报（National
Post）4月16日发表了前多伦多世界日报社社长丁侃的一篇文章称，中国的人权纪录固然不够理想，但却是30年来最好的。
丁侃的文章是针对卡德威(Theo
Caldwell)在在国家邮报的一篇文章而来。在那篇文章中，卡德威称“中华人民共和国乃是自由国家的敌人，中国人民的敌人，和自由理想的敌人。”对此，丁侃表示，声势浩大的渥太华4.13华人集会是给卡德威先生的回答。
丁侃在文章中说，1989年的夏天，他曾在渥太华国会山庄目睹了一次反华的示威，那是华人抗议北京镇压天安门学生运动。如今19年后，华人却在同样的地方举办了一次规模空前的支持北京奥运会的集会，民心向背有了190度的转变，为什么？丁侃认为，这是因为，中国变了，变成了市场经济，走向和平演变。”中国的人权纪录固然不够理想，但却是30年来最好的。“
丁侃还表示，杯葛北京奥运对运动员一无是处，对中国之民主进程更有妨害。
以下是丁侃在国家邮报发表的文章：
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(Text of Letter to
Editor, published by
National Post, April 16,
P. A21)
The massive rally in
Ottawa on Sunday by
Chinese-Canadians to
show support for the
Beijing Olympics was an
answer to Theo
Caldwell’s assertion
that “the PRC remains
an enemy to free
nations, its own
citizens and the ideals
of liberty.” (What will
Eric Liddell do., Theo
Caldwell, April 14)
The rally, attended by
5,000 Chinese
immigrants, was
unprecedented in scale
and significance. In the
summer of 1989, I
witnessed an anti-China
demonstration on
Parliament Hill after
the bloody crackdown in
Tiananmen Square.
Nineteen years later,
there is a complete
volte-face in loyalty.
Why?
Mathew Forney, a former
Beijing bureau chief for
Time magazine, wrote in
the New York Times on
Sunday that almost
without exception,
mainland Chinese
students “feel
rightfully proud of
their country’s
accomplishments in the
three decades since
economic reform began.”
China has morphed into a
market economy and is
undergoing a peaceful
evolution. It’s human
right s record leaves
much to desire, to be
sure, but it is now the
best it has been in the
past 30 years.
To boycott the Olympics
won’t do anything good
for the athletes, much
less for China’s
evolution toward
democracy.
David Ting
Toronto
