Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Teng Biao said Xu's conviction of democratic values, advocacy for non-violent regime change, and ability to attract supporters are seen as a threat by the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/CommunistParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunistParty</span></a> which, before it came to power in 1949, grew quickly through networks of young intellectuals who swore to fight <a href="https://noc.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a>.</p><p>How one man went from <a href="https://noc.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>’s Communist party golden child to enemy of the state | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/XuZhiyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XuZhiyong</span></a> | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/17/how-one-man-went-from-chinas-communist-party-golden-child-to-enemy-of-the-state" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global-develop</span><span class="invisible">ment/2023/apr/17/how-one-man-went-from-chinas-communist-party-golden-child-to-enemy-of-the-state</span></a></p>