Some words from a Mao supporter in modern China / Beberapa kata daripada seorang penyokong Mao di Cina moden

[quotes below from "An Interview with Yan Yuanzhang" by Stephen Philion in Monthly Review 13.03.06; click here for entire thing]

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Q: Now, why would the Chinese government, a socialist government in name, be concerned about a website run by leftists discussing the kinds of things that were discussed on the China Workers Website?
A: Well, because the government is not making socialism.
Q: Of course. I'm asking because outside China there are still some leftists who see China as a socialist country.
A: Well, hearing such nonsense would reduce a pig to tearful fits of laughter!
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Q: Do liberals show up to participate in the discussions often?
A: Rarely, very rarely.
Q: Why?
A: Well, when liberals encounter Chinese workers and their problems, they suddenly have difficulty expressing themselves. They have little to contribute. They can express sympathy for workers, but the thing is that the Chinese workers on these lists generally are against capitalism. Also, workers in these discussions express nostalgia for the Maoist period, which liberals naturally don't share. Of course, liberals believe that today's economic problems are a product of economic policies pursued by Mao.
Also, workers have conflicting feelings about the Communist Party. Today's Chinese workers in discussions express the belief that the Party is dictatorial and is their enemy. Liberals' main slogan is "Down with the Communist Party." But workers differentiate between the Communist Party of the Maoist period and today's Party, which further puts them at odds with liberals.
At the same time, a fair proportion of workers in the discussions also have considerable illusions about capitalist democracy. So, ideologically, Chinese workers are all over the map. They have contradictory feelings about the CCP and about capitalist democracy.
But this is to be expected, since so much of what happened during the Maoist period has been completely repudiated by the media.
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[petik-petik di bawah diambil dari "Temuduga dengan Yan Yuanzhang" oleh Stephen Philion dalam Monthly Review 13.03.06; terjemahan tak rasmi oleh saya (dari bahasa inggeris, walau asal ini sangat mungkin bahasa cina...)]

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SP: Jadi kenapa kerajaan Cina, yang punya nama sosialis, mempedulikan laman web diurusi orang-orang sayap kiri membicara hal-hal terbicara di Laman Web Pekerja-pekerja Cina?
YYz: Kerana kerajaan tak menjadikan sosialisme lah.
SP: Tentulah. Saya bertanya kerana di luar Cina masih ada beberapa orang sayap kiri yang melihat Cina sebagai negeri sosialis.
YYz: Mendengar bukan-bukan begitu akan biar seekor babi ketawa penuh tak tahan tangis lah!
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SP: Liberal-liberal seringkali ambil bahagian dalam pembicaraan ke?
YYz: Jaranglah, amat jarang.
SP: Kenapa?
YYz: Begini, ketika liberal-liberal bertemu pekerja Cina dan masalah-masalahnya, mereka tiba-tiba dapat susahan merangkan diri. Sumbangannya sangat sedikit. Mereka boleh menyatakan simpati untuk pekerja-pekerja, tapi ada putus, iaitu pekerja-pekerja di semua e-list ini pada umumnya melawan kapitalisme. Ada juga, pekerja-pekerja dalam bicara-bicara ini menyatakan nostalgia perasaan rindu untuk zaman Mao, yang liberal-liberal tentu tak ada.
Ada juga, pekerja-pekerja merasa dengan berbeza tentang Parti Komunis. Pekerja-pekerja Cina sekarang dalam pembicaraan menyatakan kepercayaan Parti berdiktatur dan jadi musuh mereka. Cogankata utama liberal-liberal "Punuh Parti Komunis". Tapi pekerja-pekerja memperbezakan Parti Komunis zaman Mao dan Parti sekarang, ini berselisih mereka lagi.
Sementara itu, bahagian bahantara pekerja dalam pembicaraan pun ada khayalan-khayalan benar mengenai demokrasi kapitalis. Jadi, pekerja-pekerja Cina duduk pelbagai tempat seluruh peta ideoloji. Mereka merasa saling berbeza mengenai PKC dan mengenai demokrasi kapitalis.
Tapi ini hanya disangka, kerana betapa banyak yang terjadi sewaktu zaman Mao sudah selengkapnya dibuangkan oleh media.
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