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加拿大国家邮报（National Post）4月16日发表了前多伦多世界日报社社长丁侃的一篇文章称，中国的人权纪录固然不够理想，但却是30年来最好的。

丁侃的文章是针对卡德威(Theo Caldwell)在在国家邮报的一篇文章而来。在那篇文章中，卡德威称“中华人民共和国乃是自由国家的敌人，中国人民的敌人，和自由理想的敌人。”对此，丁侃表示，声势浩大的渥太华4.13华人集会是给卡德威先生的回答。

丁侃在文章中说，1989年的夏天，他曾在渥太华国会山庄目睹了一次反华的示威，那是华人抗议北京镇压天安门学生运动。如今19年后，华人却在同样的地方举办了一次规模空前的支持北京奥运会的集会，民心向背有了190度的转变，为什么？丁侃认为，这是因为，中国变了，变成了市场经济，走向和平演变。”中国的人权纪录固然不够理想，但却是30年来最好的。“

丁侃还表示，杯葛北京奥运对运动员一无是处，对中国之民主进程更有妨害。

以下是丁侃在国家邮报发表的文章：
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(Text of Letter to Editor, published by National Post, April 16, P. A21)

The massive rally in Ottawa on Sunday by Chinese-Canadians to show support for the Beijing Olympics was an answer to Theo Caldwell’s assertion that “the PRC remains an enemy to free nations, its own citizens and the ideals of liberty.” (What will Eric Liddell do., Theo Caldwell, April 14)

The rally, attended by 5,000 Chinese immigrants, was unprecedented in scale and significance. In the summer of 1989, I witnessed an anti-China demonstration on Parliament Hill after the bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square. Nineteen years later, there is a complete volte-face in loyalty. Why?

Mathew Forney, a former Beijing bureau chief for Time magazine, wrote in the New York Times on Sunday that almost without exception, mainland Chinese students “feel rightfully proud of their country’s accomplishments in the three decades since economic reform began.” China has morphed into a market economy and is undergoing a peaceful evolution. It’s human right s record leaves much to desire, to be sure, but it is now the best it has been in the past 30 years.

To boycott the Olympics won’t do anything good for the athletes, much less for China’s evolution toward democracy.

David Ting
Toronto