In another one of his banned books, Rejecting Lies, ... Under the pressure of ideology and the temptation of market economy, intellectuals have not become the society's pillar in the midst of the breakdown of moral values but have become the most thoroughly corrupt bunch of people.
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From this moment on, the one who lives in fear will not be me, it will be those fellows who hide in the dark corners. From this moment on, I will live out in the sunlight. I will live a fuller and happier life.Yu Jie
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Philosophies such as Marxism-Leninism and Communism are entirely losing their attractiveness. With the gunshots in 1989, they have collapsed like soap bubbles. Being in this situation, the Chinese Communist Party is soliciting new concepts to unify the Chinese society. Nationalism or patriotism seems operable to fill the vacuum left by Marxism-Leninism and Mao's Communism.
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