"The Situation of the Youth Movement", No. 285 (20.11.1980)

The journal "Internationale Asienforum - International Quaterly for Asian Studies" (since 1996 published by the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut in Freiburg/Breisgau) printed the presentation and German translation (by Ewalt R. Kirchrue) of an internal report on the election campaign at various Chinese universities in November 1980. (Vol. 15, 1984, No. 3/4, p. 301-324). This report labeled "strictly confidential" and only available to selected cadres at that time, was published by "The Situation of the Youth Movement" (Qingyun Qingkuang 青运情况), a subsidiary of the "Chinese Youth Daily" (Zhongguo Qingnian Bao 中国青年报, the central organ of the All China Youth League. It deals with questions like the freedom of expression, a multi-party system and criticism of Mao Zedong. In its annex it reprints three texts by the dissident student Li Shengping (李胜平/李盛平) who belongs to a group of critical Youth League members that also include Chen Ziming and Wang Juntao. Of the original Chinese text, there is only the first page available at the moment.