2020/10/23
The following is from Sankei Sho on February 26.
Hello.
It was the only Japanese word she could understand when she arrived in Japan from China at the age of 22.
Twenty-one years later, in 2008, Ms. Yang Yi was awarded the Akutagawa Prize.
It was the first time for a Chinese, or even a non-native Japanese writer, to win the prize, and it became a big topic of conversation.　
The award-winning work, "A morning where time blurs,'' is based on the Tiananmen Square massacre.
It depicts the dreams and setbacks of young people of Ms. Yang's generation who threw themselves into the pro-democracy movement.
It is difficult to conclude that 'the students are right' or 'the government is right.'
It was a statement that distanced itself from politics in our company's interviewees at the time.
Yang, who had refrained from criticizing the Chinese government, finally broke her silence.
The impetus was the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to author Liu Xiaobo.
He was also a democracy activist who stood by the students during the Tiananmen Square protests.
The Chinese government refused to allow Mr. Liu, imprisoned at the time, to attend the award ceremony.
As a writer, she could not overlook the issue of freedom of expression.
During the Cultural Revolution, it exiled Ms. Yang's family to a remote farming village.
In the monthly magazine Bungeishunju, Ms. Yang wrote about her family's history of being tossed about by such politics.
She hopes that China will become a nation where people can speak their minds as soon as possible, she said.
The advertisement for Ms. Yang's new book appeared in yesterday's Sankei Shimbun.
It is a bold title for the book, "My Enemy 'Xi Jinping'" (Asuka Shinsha).
The content is even more radical than that.
Based on her analysis of various information, Ms. Yang believes that the new coronavirus that has emerged in Wuhan is a biological weapon.
Already a naturalized citizen of Japan, Ms. Yang has handed over the reins to her former homeland.
For the sake of world peace, 'we have no choice but to bring down the Chinese Communist Party regime.'
To the Japanese, who are well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the country, she asks this question:
Can we promote structural reforms that do not depend on such a China for our economy?