Dancer's Move Makes It Harder For Other Visitors

Sydney Morning Herald

Saturday October 8, 2005

Xue-Jun Wang was lucky deportation was all that happened to him ("Out-of-step dancer treads on China's toes," Herald, October 7). Handing a forbidden publication to a Chinese citizen was stupid. It is not necessary to agree with China's laws, but when in China it is necessary to obey them.

As a practitioner of Falun Gong and as an ex-Chinese citizen, Wang would be well aware of what is allowed here. His stupidity makes more likely the surveillance of other cultural exchanges.

We do not need former Chinese citizens coming to China making political statements and embarrassing Australia. Please stay where you are.

John L. Brunton Wuhan City (China)

Mr Wang, you are indeed lucky to live in Australia. Not only can you say you don't like John Howard; it's practically expected.

Andrew Tiedt St Ives

Xue-Jun Wang says: "In Australia, you can say you don't like John Howard. You can't do the same thing in China about its government." Can you advocate the overthrow of the Australian Government?

China's communist government, for all its warts and sores, is the one thing in 5000 years that has stitched together the fabric fragments and remnants of 52 cultures to form the world's largest society that powers an immense economic engine.

Xue-Jun Wang knew the material he was disseminating is illegal in China, just as certain material is now in Australia, under the new anti-terrorism legislation. The gap has narrowed since 2001.

Geoffrey Weymouth Beijing (China)

Xue-Jun Wang, a practising member of Falun Gong, is deported from China for possessing five copies of the book Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. Why would he need five copies of this book if his motives were pure? I smell a rat.

The Chinese Government isn't stupid, no matter what you might think of its policies.

Jeff Thornton Broken Hill

Xue-Jun Wang and Scott Parkin, the US peace activist recently deported from this country. What's the difference?

Michael Rynn Guildford

Yes, Xue-Jun Wang, in Australia you can say you don't like John Howard. But for how much longer?

Lynne Poleson Kingsford

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