The Fifth Modernization
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{{Short description|Pro-democracy essay in China}}
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|author= Wei Jingsheng
|pub_date=1978
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|p=Dì wǔ ge/gè xiàndàihuà
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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.Brook, Daniel. [2005] (2005). Modern revolution: social change and cultural continuity in Czechoslovakia and China. University Press of America. {{ISBN|0-7618-3193-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7618-3193-8}}.
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.Schell, Orville. Shambaugh, David L. [1999] (1999). The China reader: the reform era. Random House, Inc. {{ISBN|0-679-76387-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-679-76387-1}}. It openly stated democracy was an additional modernization that needed to be pursued if China truly wanted to modernize itself.
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External links
- [http://weijingsheng.org/doc/en/THE%20FIFTH%20MODERNIZATION.html "The Fifth Modernization", essay by Wei Jingsheng]
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Category:Ideology of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:Economic history of the People's Republic of China
Category:Chinese democracy movements
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