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孙大午在18日庭前会议上说：“在监视居住期间，我想死代替大家来承担这个罪名。”表示自己已经被“处死”了，对这个量刑无所谓。“我的家人都在看守所，五个孙子在家，我心急如焚，我解决得了吗？”


2020年9月，诗人通过孙大悟向大悟集团提出了一个简短的建议。他建议大悟集团包机747到多伦多皮尔逊机场。当时的想法是为诗人的家乡带来劳动力。据孙大武介绍，如果可以按原样扣押他的八栋公寓楼，可以按原样扣押他有关金百丰629的知识产权，如果可以按原样拆除入口标志，以及可以像以前那样推销建筑物，然后还可以扣押他的整个企业。尽管存在风险，该集团还是决定留在中国。

诗人现在向中国政府提议，允许大悟集团的任何雇员或孙大悟的家庭成员以及企业家本人移居加拿大。这是个人建议，与加拿大政府无关。让他们在另一个地方重新开始。要受到惩罚，足以离开中国和他们的家乡。您真的要审判并判处拒绝贿赂的良性企业家吗？难道您希望中国人民庆祝并记住中共一百周年吗？


卡尔顿·罗西（D.Carlton Rossi）

2021年5月29日 





Sun Dawu said at the pre-trial meeting on the 18th: "During the period of residential surveillance, I want to die on behalf of everyone to bear the crime." He said that he had been "executed" and that the sentence was indifferent. "My family is in the detention center, and my five grandchildren are at home. I am distraught. Can I solve it?"



At the beginning of September 2020 the poet made a brief proposal to Dawu Group through Sun Dawu. He suggested that Dawu Group charter a 747 to Toronto Pearson Airport. The idea was to bring a workforce to the poet's hometown. It was outlined to Sun Dawu that if his eight apartment buildings could be seized as they had been, if his intellectual property concerning the 金百丰629 could be seized as it had been, if the entrance sign could be demolished as it had been and if his building could be bulldozed as it had been then his whole enterprise could also be seized. The Group though decided to remain in China despite the risks. 

The poet now proposes to the Chinese government that any employees of Dawu Group or family members of Sun Dawu as well as the entrepreneur himself be allowed to emigrate to Canada. This is a personal proposal which has no connection with the Canadian government. Let them begin again in a different place. It is punishment enough to be away from China and their hometown. Do you really want to put on trial and sentence a virtuous entrepreneur who refuses to pay bribes? Is that the way you want the Chinese people to celebrate and remember the 100th anniversary of the CCP? 


D. Carlton Rossi

May 29, 2021

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I have tried to communicate with Dawu Group without success.  Letters to Langwuzhuang and even Baoding are being returned.  Therefore, I will write openly.  Miss Ji Weilian (纪玮莲) is pictured on the left. She is Sun Dawu's personal secretary. Both she and Sun Dawu among others have been arrested. With respect to Sun Dawu it should be noted that his entire family has been arrested. Both Ji and Sun are my personal friends. 

I was rather shocked to read comments made by both at the pre-trial hearing as well as other family members. There is a horror and terror experienced by them.  Sun is being fed pickles even though he is the Chairman of one of the largest agricultural enterprises in Hebei Province. Miss Ji cannot keep food down.  Sun's grandchildren are left at home without proper supervision. To understand this matter you have to know that Sun, his wife (Liu), his two sons, his brothers and sister-in-laws have also been arrested. I have known them all since 2002. They are decent people. 

I therefore extend a formal invitation to the parents of Miss Ji to visit me in Port Colborne,  Canada.  At least they and Miss Ji will have some relief for the short duration of their visit.  I also extend a formal invitation to the five grandchildren of Sun Dawu and his wife so that the children can relax and be carefree here for a short while.  Do not forget that Sun asked me to China in December 2019 to teach teachers at Dawu School as well as his grandchildren. 

Miss Ji's parents or subsitutes can act as chaperones as well as any and all members of the Sun family who have not yet been arrested to supervise the children and to secure their welfare. You may all visit me immediately. 


D. Carlton Rossi
June 2,  2021

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​​Latest Developments in the Dawu Group Legal Case: Statements Made by Sun Dawu and Other Defendants at the Pretrial Meeting

Dawu Legal Team        May 25, 2021

Foreword


Sun Dawu is an agricultural entrepreneur in Xushui district of Hebei Province’s Baoding city, and the founder of Dawu Group. Beginning nearly 40 years ago with 1,000 chickens and 50 pigs, Dawu Group has transformed a remote and undesirable tract of saline land into a pearl on the North China Plain, building a modern community with production, conference center, education, healthcare, leisure and entertainment, tourism, and retirement care rolled into one. Dawu Group employs nearly 10,000 employees, and operates 28 subsidiaries with assets totalling more than 10 billion yuan. It is one of the key agricultural enterprises in Hebei.

In the early morning of November 11, 2020, Sun Dawu and the senior management of the group suddenly suffered its biggest crisis since 2003. Sun and 24 others, including his wife, two sons and daughters-in-law, have been imprisoned. On April 4, 2021, the Dawu defendants’ legal team released “10 Questions and Answers Concerning the Dawu Case,” which shed some light on the circumstances. It was followed up by a second Q & A on April 22, after which — in the short space of 20 days — the case advanced from investigation of charges to the prosecution, then to pretrial meetings. On May 20, 2021, the legal team released its third set of questions and answers, which discussed the pretrial meeting and drew keen international attention, particularly in regards to what Sun Dawu said during the meeting. This attention motivated the legal team to update the previous issuance of Q & A.

1. How long did the Dawu case pretrial meeting last?

The pretrial conference of the Dawu case started on May 17, 2021 and ended in the morning of May 22, 2021, lasting five and a half days in all.

​2. Was the trial date set following the pretrial meeting?

Given that the Dawu case was moved to court from the prosecution and the court held the pretrial meeting all in such rapidity, allowing the defense attorneys no time to review the files, which amounted to a serious violation of the right to due process, lawyers in the Dawu case have been very concerned that the court will disregard the time needed for review and other proceedings, and hastily organize a trial. Fortunately, no trial date was set following the pretrial meeting. It’s unclear whether the court will speed up trial arrangements.
3. What did Sun Dawu say at the pretrial meeting?

On May 18, Sun Dawu said the following:

While under residential surveillance, I wished I could get everyone’s charges dismissed at the cost of my own life. I asked the lawyers to obtain the surveillance footage. I am already dying, they’re already putting me to death. The specific sentence is immaterial, but they have to adhere to facts. My family are all being held in detention centers, my five [underage] grandchildren are at home, making me burn with worry that I cannot find a solution.

On May 19, Sun said the following:

I can take responsibility, even if it’s a felony. All the others are to be pitied, and I should take responsibility for them. They are hostages. We have four or five billion in assets, and we can afford to be 1 billion in debt. In the morning of April 22, the case officer said he would give us an opportunity to reduce the severity of the charge, whereby we’d plead guilty and accept punishment. They’d wanted us to plead guilty to the crime of disturbing social order.

I am an outstanding Communist Party member. I have managed the business with my wife for 36 years, and we’ve never cashed on the dividends. The way they’re investigating me now is making those close to us suffer and those who hate us rejoice. I wish to take the charges upon myself, even if they’re severe, in exchange for the release of others. We are people who have made contributions to society.

(Sun Dawu cries, as do the others present)

The law, at the end of day, is about human sentiment. It is true that we made mistakes, including posting messages on the Internet, as well as mistakes made on the land issue. I am willing to take responsibility. But even if I bear the burden, others will suffer even more. I value harmony. We are an outstanding enterprise that engages in socialism and sets a positive example. I have done business with feelings and ideals. I’m very pained, as now I’ve been turned into a criminal. This enterprise isn’t a stock corporation, and everyone is paid a salary. This model is my original creation. We are engaged in common prosperity, real socialism. I am responsible for everything. Let the others go, I am willing to take responsibility.[1] (Sun Dawu cries.)

On May 20, Sun Dawu said the following:

Li Qunying (李群英) didn’t even want to run his restaurant anymore. The appraisal price was 230,000 yuan, and I gave him 400,000 yuan. The procuratorate says the facts are clear and the evidence is sufficient, but the facts are not clear. You did not review it properly. When Prosecutor Cai met with me to talk about the aspect of 1 billion illegal deposits, I told him that some employees participated in the financing, and that a portion of the 1 billion yuan deposits are that of our employees’. I asked him to find out how much is made by our employees. Prosecutor Cai said that it’s also illegal to collect deposits from employees. I don’t understand the procedure, but I hope for an opportunity to review it properly.

If I admit guilt, will you spare the others? Or will others take less responsibility than me? I hope they are released, as the business has to develop, pay more taxes, and contribute more to society. I’m willing to take full responsibility.

I have a problem with the RMB1.037 billion figure [the amount of “illegal deposits” Dawu Group is accused of receiving – Translator]. A large portion of this comes from our employees’ deposits. Our company has a large amount of assets and the ability to repay the money. Some of the 183 vehicles that were seized were ambulances. The proposed punishment should be factual. It is not appropriate to count my salary as an asset implicated in this case. I have been working in Dawu Group for more than 30 years and have a certain amount of income. If you tell me I need to give it to the Party as my dues, it is fine, but this treatment is not OK!

The lawyers argued with the procuratorate, I guess all they wanted was to have more time to review the case files. I don’t know if I’m right or not. Is it possible to release my wife and two daughters-in-law? How about releasing the others? Let’s loosen up a bit. Why such a rush? 

It’s been seven months [since our detention] and the business is still running. Our enterprise is a very good one. I still hold goodwill for the government believing that the Party and the government are stepping into the management to prevent capital outflow. I hope the government will not drive the business into the ground.

On May 21, Sun Dawu said:

I respect my lawyers’ opinion. Also, wearing black hoods is now the norm in our lives. We have to wear them whenever we leave this place, including for medical appointments. Eight people watch us in two-hour shifts. The guards complained a lot. Conditions in the designated residence are insufferable beyond description, it’s worse than death. If I have to, I will go on hunger strike in order to be sent to a regular detention center. I asked for Chairman Xi’s book, they said I couldn’t have it even if someone brought a copy to me. A request for English-language books was also not granted. I need to take my meds at certain hours, they wouldn’t tell me what time it was. I couldn’t tell time, there wasn’t any clock where we were detained. My wife, sons, and daughters-in-law are all behind bars. The pressure is too much, it’s simply unbearable. I’d rather take all the blame, even death would be better than this. I would happily die if everyone else could be released. What’s the matter with Dawu digging up some family graves [in the process of construction]? These families gave us their consent. The interrogators made 98 recorded statements with me, but I can’t even tell how many of these are my true thoughts. But their attitudes towards me were all pretty good.

Deposits through the Group’s office of comprehensive business are from friends and relatives. With regard to Qunying Restaurant handled by Wang Zhongchen (王忠臣), the dirt piled up there was for road construction, not putting there  intentionally to block the restaurant. Officer Liu Jun’s (刘君) transcribed the interrogation selectively and didn’t write down everything. He said that my younger brother admitted [to the wrongdoing] and wanted to get me to confess as well. Wang Yingxue (王英雪) must come to the trial to give testimony. At first Li Qunying agreed with the deal [for Dawu to purchase the restaurant], the initial appraisal was at 230,000 yuan, and later we offered a bit more since Li’s wife wanted a higher price, so I agreed to 400,000 yuan. But [the police] said misleadingly that we had blocked off the road with the dirt in order to force them into an agreement. Dawu Group will never do anything to harm the local people. We have not wronged any of the local people. This kind of charge is meant to frame us, we have been falsely accused.

(After Sun’s younger brother Sun Dehua (孙德华) spoke) I wanted to say something. It’s only now that I learned that my younger brother was not even aware of the dirt piling incident, but Officer Liu Jun claimed that my brother had confessed to piling the dirt and he did it. Liu forced me to say I knew about it. Isn’t this a coerced confession?

Prosecutor Cai: During the period of residential surveillance, I went to see Sun Dawu as part of the procedure of approving formal arrest. He said to me that no torture had been used to extract a confession from him, and that public security officers treated him well.

Sun Dawu: How about the fact that I was in a living hell, did you ever care to ask me about that? How about the fact that I wasn’t allowed to see sunlight for three months? Did you ask me about it? They claimed that because of the high lipid content in my blood, I couldn’t eat chicken, pork, or pig feet, leaving me with nothing but pickled vegetables. Did you ask about that? Did you ask me about the coerced confession? If this is the way you want to do things, I can’t stay polite anymore. I admit we made mistakes. This country is run by Chairman Xi, what are you trying to do? We’re so close to Beijing, and you dare to act like this?

The premise of my guilty plea is what they referred to as “provoking trouble,” and none of you mentioned the eight other charges. How can I plead guilty? There is nothing I can do if you set out to snare me. 
4. What did other defendants say at the pretrial conference?

Sun Dawu’s eldest son, Dawu Group chairman Sun Meng (孙萌) (crying):

Sun Dawu is my father. He got the year off, it is 38 years (Sun Dawu said that he and his wife had gone 36 years without cashing on their dividends), from 1984 to now is 38 years. Dawu’s cadres are living on their salaries, not shares. There have been financing issues and land use issues in the course of Dawu’s development. But Dawu has been contributing to society. What’s happening now is a tragedy for society. Sun Dawu and my uncles have made mistakes, and they are taking responsibility for them. But we are a socially responsible enterprise, and we all have received a salary only. My father asked me, “Why can’t I get a visa to visit America?”[2] I told him, “You don’t have assets so you can’t go.” Sun Dawu has no house, only an electric car worth 30,000 or 40,000 yuan. At Dawu, everyone is committed to doing some good for society. Dawu Group is a good enterprise. Dawu Group will continue to contribute to society in the future. Even if the court slaps a heavy sentence on me, I am willing to take responsibility.

But I strongly reject the charge that my own property is criminal. Our housing and vehicles are paid for by the earnings of my wife and myself, and have nothing to do with illegally absorbing public deposits. I bought my house in 2007 when I got married. I don’t know what the prosecutor’s office is trying to do and why they are treating me this way. I heard that I will be charged with a felony and my house will be disposed of, so what will my wife and children do? (Sun Meng cries, Sun Dawu interjected: “So what if it’s confiscated? Don’t be like that.”) What about my children? Is this what Chinese law looks like? My child is only seven years old! Why should I be treated like this? My child is only 7 years old! Just because I’m Sun Dawu’s son? My wife and I are in custody, and our wages are being withheld. I don’t even have money for my kids at home! I think my salary should be released and given to my parents-in-law to help me raise my child! I didn’t commit any crime! What have I done? Am I being treated this way just because my last name is Sun? Am I damned just because I’m a Sun?

The company has been in business since 1984, it really has no shares, my parents do not have any assets now, all of our cadres are salaried, we are really implementing the national ideal of common prosperity. In the August 4 incident,[3] we were wrong, in this matter we must take responsibility. The issue of financing Dawu Group encountered in the process of its development has been a historical problem, but Dawu Group has adhered to good faith and conscience in its development. I implore the government to give us a chance, we should not be destroyed for one mistake. At first I worried so much about my child and my spouse. But even if the court finds me guilty of a major crime, so be it. But if this society cannot understand the social contribution made by Dawu Group’s practice of common prosperity, it would truly be a tragedy for society. It would also be a tragedy for those in power, for our leaders. As I said, Sun Dawu has faults, I’ll admit that even though he is my father. My uncle also has faults. But Sun Dawu has no house, for so many years he wanted to visit the U.S. but could not. Dawu Group made mistakes, I admit that, and I hope we will be given a chance. These lawyers, I am very grateful to them, I know they did not receive a penny in legal fees, and by defending us, they are also doing something for this society. My father is almost 70 years old, and my heart goes out to him, but the August 4 incident was simply wrong, and he has to accept the blame. But the Group itself has not done wrong, Dawu Group can and will continue to do more for this society. Dawu Group is innocent.

The place where we are being held in RSDL, the sound-absorbing cotton wrapped walls and plastic floor seem to be all glued together. I am worried that it exceeded the safety standard. When I asked the doctors if it is hazardous, they said they don’t know anything about this specifically, but I think it may be carcinogenic. You should definitely check it out. I probably won’t go to that place again in my life, but don’t let anyone else in that place again, don’t create tragedy! It’s true that I ate much better meals every day than I did at home. They told me, “this mess was all caused by your father and your uncle, so you should be able to get out. The leaders need to see your attitude.” If I tried to debate with them, it meant my attitude was bad. I was not allowed to say “I don’t know,” I was  only allowed to say “yes or no.” To answer their questions, I could only say what they wanted me to say. 

Sun Fushuo (孙福硕), Sun Dawu’s younger son and Deputy General Manager of Dawu Group:

I request for all witnesses who testified against me to appear in court. I request that information from the witnesses, testimonies, and the real-time audio and video recordings be consistent. Additionally, I would like to request for the appearance of the chief of Xushui District’s Public Security Bureau as well as the policeman who gave us directions at the scene of the so-called “gathering to assault a state organ” incident on August 4th. I don’t quite remember his police ID, I think it was “886” or “688,” he was the one who told us to go to the main entrance of the Public Security Bureau. I need to speak to my lawyers regarding the other people. I can’t quite remember who they are right now as I have a bit of a headache.

I ask to obtain the real-time audio and video recording of my interrogation. I was handcuffed for more than 30 hours. I would like to talk to my lawyers regarding the other evidence, as I fear that there are some who wish to tamper with my evidence. I also want videos of the detention center and the case-handling unit. The way they interrogated me was to first threaten and intimidate me, brainwash me, then take down my responses. The threats they made on the 14th is an example. Since I don’t have access to my case file, I do not know whether the transcripts from that day are in there. Specifically, I want the audio and video recording of everything that transpired on August 4th, including those of the employees, the public security organ, as well as the Group. I’m not clear on which specific employees as I have yet to look into it in such detail. There are some things that I cannot recall, I will provide supplemental evidence later. When I gather my memories, I will also provide supplemental witness testimonies, I will inform my lawyer. (Sun Fushuo was continuously interrupted by the judge)

Sun Dehua, Sun Dawu’s second younger brother and Vice Chairman of Dawu group:

This is about the incident regarding Li Qunying. Our company had been trying to build a road for a while. A restroom facility was to be built on the side of this road where Li Qunying’s restaurant was. And so we got in touch with his father-in-law Wang Fuqun (王福群, approximate phonetic spelling) via Liu Yushan (刘玉山, approximate phonetic spelling), and through the father-in-law, we got in touch with Li Qunying. Contrary to the police bureau’s claims, Qunying restaurant is a roadside restaurant and was not a competitor of ours. If a witness is needed, [Li Qunying’s wife] Wang Yingxue’s younger sister Wang Yingli (王英丽) can testify to this. I know nothing of the dirt piling incident. We went through many intermediaries to negotiate with them numerous times, offering to give him a store space elsewhere, but they refused. They asked for 400,000 yuan. We later sold that store front initially offered to him for 500 thousand yuan.

Li Dahong (李大红), Deputy General Manager of Dawu Group:

I’m applying for the court to disclose audio and video recordings of the entire incident on the morning of August 4th. I was wearing a work uniform, and was not violent. I’m also applying for disclosure of all audio and video videos of my arrest on the night of November 10th. My child was handed over to an unknown law enforcement officer, and is now psychologically unwell. I request to pull up the arrest process by the Public Security Bureau. At the same time, I would like to apply for bail while awaiting trial. No evidence should be left out, not even a minute, or a second, of it. I believe that the law enforcement process of the public security bureau is inhumane. I do not recognize the charge of gathering people to attack state agencies. I request for the entire audio and video recording of myself at Xushui District’s Government building to be shown. Nothing should be taken out of context, and not a single second should be omitted. We obeyed the instructions of Xushui District’s Government personnel, and we did not charge or attack.

Zhang Ping (张平), Deputy General Manager of Dawu Group and manager of Dawu hot spring resort:

(Sobbing) I was charged with picking quarrels and provoking trouble, (the indictment) said I willfully beat up others. I never assaulted anyone. I request for all the relevant materials of that time to be retrieved. At that time, the Public Security Bureau selected  only a snippet of the audio visual information. I can’t be deemed guilty based on just a snippet. I want my lawyers to gather all evidence regarding this accusation.

Ji Weilian (纪玮莲, female), Secretary of the General Office of Dawu Group:

I strongly insist that the court investigate the location of the designated residential surveillance. I had a pen and used it to keep a daily record of my physical condition. But it was taken away. They also threatened me by saying that if I continued to take notes, I would be given a heavier sentence.
5. Criminal charges described in Sun Dawu and other defendants’ pretrial meeting

What Sun Dawu and the other defendants said in the pre-trial meeting brought up certain substantive issues in addition to procedural issues. For example, Sun Dawu, Sun Meng and others admitted to there indeed being handling errors in the “August 4th Incident.”  Due to this incident they were charged with the crimes of gathering crowds to attack state agencies, disrupting public affairs, and provoking disturbances. In regards to the charge of illegally absorbing public deposits and illegal occupation of agricultural land, they admitted that these were existing capital and corporate issues in the course of Dawu Group’s development.
6. Other serious issues exposed in the pretrial meeting

Residential surveillance done in violation of the law: being made to wear black hoods, no access to windows or sunlight, being subjected to threats and intimidation.

Sun Dawu said despairingly: Living through [RSDL] was an experience worse than death. I will give you all the details during the trial. You need to investigate it. I want to remind you that I lived for three whole months without a single window, without sunlight. That is psychological torture in its ultimate form. I wished I was dead, there are no words for what I suffered there [at the RSDL location]. If I have to, I will go on hunger strike in order to be sent to a regular detention center. I asked for Chairman Xi’s book, they said I couldn’t have it even if someone brought a copy to me. A request for English-language books was also not granted. I need to take my meds at certain hours, they wouldn’t tell me what time it was. I couldn’t tell time, there wasn’t any clock where we were detained.  

Sun Fushuo: I ask to obtain the real-time audio and video recording of my interrogation. I was handcuffed for more than 30 hours. I would like to talk to my lawyers regarding the other evidence, as I fear that there are some who wish to tamper with my evidence. I also want videos of the detention center and the case-handling unit. The way they interrogated me was to first threaten and intimidate me, brainwash me, then take down my responses. The threats they made on the 14th is an example. Since I don’t have access to my case file, I do not know whether the transcripts from that day are in there.

Ji Weilian: I vomited frequently. Under RSDL, I had no access to windows for six months, and my body couldn’t take it anymore.

Inhumane law enforcement: Brutal arrest, indiscriminate seizure of assets, psychological trauma to minors, leaving behind minors without guardianship care.

Li Dahong: I’m applying for disclosure of all audio and video videos of my arrest on the night of November 10th. My child was handed over to an unknown law enforcement officer, and is now psychologically unwell. I request to pull up the arrest process by the Public Security Bureau.

Sun Meng: My child is only 7 years old! Is this all just because I’m the son of Sun Dawu? My wife and I are both being detained and our wages seized. Our child at home doesn’t even have money to pay for living expenses!
7. Results of the pretrial hearing

Due to the hasty scheduling of the pretrial hearing, it was impossible for the three parties — prosecution, defense and judge — to have time to read the case files. This infringement of rights to review files and rights to defense resulted in fierce arguments between the three parties. Between the shouting protests of the lawyers and messy sobbing of the defendants at the meeting, a consensus could hardly be made. The pretrial hearing was reduced to nothing more than a formality, negating the purpose of the pretrial, that is, “to ensure concentrated and continuous trial at court, and to raise the quality and efficiency of hearings.”
8. Lawyers’ opinions of the Dawu case

The attorneys’ outlooks on the Dawu case are not optimistic. The rapid advancement of the Dawu case by the prosecution and court in the early stages of case handling indicates that the decision makers behind the Dawu case aim to complete the second instance of the Dawu case before July 1, the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party’s founding.

The Dawu defendants face an expedited trial and heavy sentences. Based on the feedback of what the defense lawyers have gathered from the state procuratorial organ, the latter has recommended extremely heavy sentences: Sun Meng (Chairman of Dawu Group and eldest son of Sun Dawu), to be given 20 years for pleading not guilty or 16 years for pleading guilty; Sun Zhihua, (孙志华, Sun Dawu’s second younger brother), to be given 14 years for pleading not guilty or 11 years for pleading guilty; the 67-year-old Sun Dawu faces a maximum sentence of 25 years.
9. Veteran Communist Party members’ opinions of the Dawu case

Many veteran Party members believe that Sun Dawu is a classic example of socialist economic development, leading the masses towards common prosperity and making outstanding contributions towards the development of the socialist private economy. Some veteran cadres in the Party told us that such a heavy sentencing of people like Sun Dawu, [assuming it is] to be made to score political points in the lead-up to the centenary of the Party’s founding, is nothing other than foolishness. They [the Party members] believe it is in direct defiance of Xi’s series of speeches regarding private entrepreneurs and that these stunts will inevitably meet with backlash.
10. How the local populace and villagers view the Dawu case

Many of the local populace and villagers expressed their grievances for Sun Dawu. They believe that Sun Dawu brought common prosperity as well as economic progress, and that everyone benefited from Dawu Group’s growth. They see this case as an act of government persecution against conscientious entrepreneurs.

The villagers who made deposits to the Dawu Group (the so-called “victims” of the Group’s illegal absorption of public deposits) also believe that Sun Dawu and the Dawu Group have been wrongfully charged. It turns out that these villagers made criminal reports under deceitful circumstances. According to the villagers, people from the police station visited the village committee to request that the villagers who made deposits to Dawu Group register their names at the village committee with copies of their deposit receipts. However, on the registration form, the area where the name was to be filled was titled “crime reported by,” meaning that anyone who registered was in fact making a criminal report. This detail was not made clear by the police. The villagers registered, believing that it was the only way to get their deposit back.

The local populace and villagers are extremely concerned that the Dawu case will result in irreparable damages to, or the collapse of the Dawu Group, which would in turn affect the local economy and their own incomes.

[1] Gathering from what is discussed later on, apparently one of the charges brought against Dawu defendants involves Dawu’s purchase, for a construction project, of a roadside restaurant owned by a man named Li Qunying. — Translator

[2] Sun Dawu has been repeatedly denied a U.S. visa for some reason. — Translator

[3] The August 4th incident refers to a standing conflict among Langwuzhuang village, Dawu Group, and a state-owned farm in Xushui over who has a legitimate lease of a swath of land from Langwuzhuang, Sun Dawu’s home village and the headquarters of Dawu Group. According to a 1961 lease, the state farm leased 740 mu (about 120 acres) of land from the village but over the years it has been increasingly using more land from the village to over 2,000 mu (about 325 acres). As Dawu grew rapidly, the village leased the land to Dawu Group’s seed production company but the state farm refused to let go of the land. In June and in August, 2020, Dawu workers and personnel from the state farm clashed twice. Dawu workers protested in front of government buildings asking for a fair resolution of the conflict. These events became the ostensible reasons for the arrest of Dawu’s entire senior management last November. Lawyers did not believe the incidents, especially the one in August, could have been the real reason for such drastic treatment of Dawu Group. — Translator


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2021年5月27日

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宪治主义的基本思路，是承认任何个人，包括位居政治顶端的人都是一个理性和能力有限的人，更兼有各种人性弱点，以他个人之力是无法胜任他所担任的公职的。因为一旦担任公职，他作为个人的判断标准就会失效。他的行为必须符合所有人的个人的和共同的利益，而这一行为准则就是人与人之间的最高正义（天道，上帝的意志）；任何个人都没有能力时时和全面地把握这个最高正义。若要由凡人组成的社会遵循最高正义，就要有一套制度约束和矫正人的缺陷。这套制度既包括提升公职人员的道德自律能力，也包括人与人之间互相制衡的他律制度。这自然也是儒家宪治主义的看法。

The basic idea of ​​constitutionalism is to recognize that any individual, including those at the top of politics, is a person with limited rationality and ability, and also has various human weaknesses, and he cannot be qualified for the public office he holds.  Because once he holds a public office, his personal judgment standard will become invalid. His behavior must be in line with the personal and common interests of all people, and this code of conduct is the highest justice between people (the way of heaven, the will of God);  no individual has the ability to grasp this highest justice from time to time and comprehensively. If a society composed of mortals is to follow the highest justice, there must be a set of systems to restrain and correct human deficiencies. This system includes not only improving the moral self-discipline ability of public officials, but also a heterogeneous system of checks and balances between people. This is naturally the view of Confucian constitutionalism.

https://sheng54.net/2021/05/27/
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His Business Was Taken Over by the CCP, and He Was Detained

China Observer

10:36 clip      October 23, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlFCUSMfpMw

On June 1, 2021, hundreds of images were revealed to the poet on the rock face of Sun Dawu's famous poem. The revelation came a month before the trial of Sun Dawu on the 100th Anniversary of the CCP.  One wonders if it is Sun's trial or rather if the CCP is on trial? 

The poet had been there when the rock was lowered into place with 6 cranes. This was maybe five years ago. At the time,  Sun Dawu asked the poet what he thought of the carvings. The poet replied that he liked the wavy clouds and seas' waves. Little did he know then that there are perhaps hundreds of images evident on the stone face--one of which appears to be a portrait of a man (men). The poet saw these images in the picture of the poem presented by the reporter Emily Feng/NPR in her article entitled "The Latest Target in China's Crackdown on Entrepreneurs is an Outspoken Billionaire".  

One image in particular resembles an image the poet perceived on The Selden Map. The image of the man's (men's) face is similar to the phases of the Moon image of an old man. With respect to embedding, the images are reminiscent of the image of Emperor Huangdi's death mask carved on Fu Shan which was revealed to the poet. The mountain could be seen from the poet's apartment at Langwuzhuang.  A quick glance at the picture of the poem also reveals a child carrying a torch.  In addition,  images from the sketch of a Russian artist named Mikhail presented to Sun Dawu by the poet appear on the rock face. The sketch is titled by the poet as  三 敎 合 一  or  Three Teachings Harmonius as One. (copyright 2007-2021)

I can't fully explain why I am particularly adept at pattern recognition. The development of my poetry is a partial explanation--although that may be the effect rather than the cause.  It has evolved from free-form writing (freedom of poetry and form of philosophy) to l'mage without writing. In each free-form poem there is a different philosophical framework.  In I'mage (I am age) each image is a 1000 words so to speak.  Categories of I'mage are celestial images based on the Big and Little Dippers, Banpo poetry based on geometric and anthropromorphic images of Banpo pottery concentrating on frog and fish and natural images carved and/or perceived on stone. 

At the moment, I don't have time nor the resources to fully analyze representations  on the SUN stone.  I leave that to my readers and those who can personally examine the stone. I only present the images here and let the viewer decide. It would not be surprising to me if you did not see meaningful  images nor if you see them you might have different interpretations.  I tend to see different things at different times from different perspectives.  I will just generally label each image with a single word. You may label them as you see fit.  The image may have other images embedded in it. 
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From left to right and top to bottom

1.  Man
2.  Child
3.  Dog
5.  Cat
6.  Horse
7.  Jiaolong-Dragon 

                                        DAWU  Anthem

做一个勤恳实在的大午人（版本2）    Be a Diligent Da Wu Ren (Version 2)


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                                                                     Songs of the Subsidiaries        Link
 

生日快乐--大正午孙大午  Happy Birthday--The Great Noon Sun Dawu

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​The original picture of Fu Shan  taken by photographer "bjw" on March 05, 2009


Fu Shan is a small mountain which was actually visible on a clear day from my apartment window at what was Dawu village. The mountain is located at the east foot of Taihang Mountain about 22.5 kilometers to the northwest of Xushui County Town. It got its name because it is like a reversed pot.  It is notable because it is the contention of  scholars of the Xushui Hebei Studies of Fu Mountain Culture" that  the Yellow  Emperor Huangdi 皇帝 from 2697-2597 or 2696-2598 BCE -- who was the ancestor of the Huaxia undertook "Unifying Totem on Fu Mountain".  Sun Dawu (孙大午) was appointed by the local government to protect the mountain which had been mined for slate. 

​Fu Shan

Chinese Billionaire Arrested And Business Seized By State

May 13, 2021
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FENG: In Chinese media interviews, Sun frequently quotes Plato's concept of the philosopher king, a benevolent autocrat who lives a simple life, rules his subjects with kindness and provides intellectual and material sustenance. Dawu employees say they like living in Sun's little commercial commune. 

​https://www.npr.org/transcripts/995590100


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                                                         20130226   第五届董事会换届选举

                                         February 26,  2013

                                         The fifth general election of the board of directors


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一句“我无罪，但是我伏法”代表着他的悲与愤，9年后，这种悲与愤远未消逝。

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The phrase "I am not guilty,  but I am not guilty" represents his grief and anger.
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Nine years later, this grief and anger are far from gone.

                                                                        Has the Past Passed?


I was trapped at the railway station in Guangzhou. There were wall-to-wall people. It seemed like I had been sent to the underworld for past transgressions--it was so crowded. Yet, it was not a dream. It was real. A late snowstorm had frozen all traffic in southern China. They say a million people wanted to leave Guangzhou by train, but were stuck there because of the snow.

It felt like a relief to board a K train and remain standing for another 20 hours until I reached my destination at Hangzhou North Railway Station. Of course, the train was packed, too, but this was only purgatory. I had some hope of redemption. Finally, I arrived at a hostel across from West Lake. 

After 3 hours sleep I visited the famous lake. It was like Heaven. I say this for two reasons. Snow is rare in Hangzhou at that time of year, so I got some great pictures. Secondly, I was almost alone at the lake. There should have been walk-to-walk tourists crowding the banks, but there were only a few professional photographers for the unique occasion. For me, Heaven has beautiful scenery and few souls. 

The reader might think therefore that the poet would be uncomfortable in Hangzhou of the Late Southern Song Dynasty. Its population exceeded one million persons in 1275. However, you'd be mistaken. It was the most advanced, prosperous and refined city of its time. It lacked nothing and had everything. To be honest with myself, though, the poet would like to live in the countryside in proximity to the city. 

Most importantly, it had the Westlake Poetry Club and visiting poets. The poet  Zhu Dunru (朱敦儒) had sung more than a hundred years before about its beauty in praise to the new court of Emperor Gaozong.  

Nowadays the true environment around West Lake is the revitalization of sagely rulership.

One only needs to listen to the music and watch the dancing; the fragrances linger, and deep cups are filled with wine.

Celebrating the good years and the peace that pervades the country is the best part.


The capital must have seemed like perfect Heaven. However, the prosperity of the capital of the Southern Song was illusory.  The dynasty was ready to collapse. Behind the illusion was "the continuous and tragic impoverishment of the State, destitution and disaffection in the countryside, and the struggle of factions in the ruling class." (pg. 16)  

Basically, the State controlled the entire economy. It did so through monopolies of necessary commodities like salt, liquor and tea. Furthermore. it controlled the transportation associated with these commodities. Another powerful monopoly was the issuance of currency. 

One can say that the wealthy and upper classes in the city consumed while the countryside produced. Poverty forced peasants into the city which swelled the population. To put it succintly there was a shortage of capital and a surfeit of labour which resulted in low wages. 

The underlying principle of the administrative system was peace. (pgs. 106-107) The State realized that where there was disquietude then two sides were to blame. If a sub-prefect could not maintain the peace he was reprimanded through loss of promotion. The accused though was thrown into prison even if he was innocent because he had disturbed the peace of the region and that of the judge. He faced torture. As one can see the punishments were unequal for the sub-prefect and the accused. Widespread injustice was one cause for revolt in the countryside (along with famine and pestilence). 

Many of the characteristics of the late Song Dynasty are present in modern China. For example, there are state-owned enterprises which act as monopolies, migration of farmers to the cities, poverty and injustice in the courts. It is hard to measure the exact weakness of the system because of lack of transparency. 

The "temporary" capital at Hangzhou which was then known as Linan was over-run by the barbarian hordes on March 22, 1276.  The Book of Sui (隋书) describes how the Yuan Dynasty under Kublai Khan sent an expedition in 1292 to the "Lesser Liuqiu" or Taiwan. This followed the invasions of Japan, Java, Vietnam, Champa and Sakhalin. 

The modern State does not fear invasion of frontier peoples, but it is concerned about insurrection in Tibet, Xinjiang, the northeast and Hong Kong. It has shored up its defences in the frontier  areas by quelling rebellion. It governs through rule by law or force. 

In order to militarily prepare for unification of Taiwan and the mainland, the State has developed the Zhurihe Training Base (朱日和训练基地) in Inner Monogolia. The base covers 412 square miles. "The Tapei section is one of the most elaborate urban training areas. By itself, the re-creation of the Presidential Office Building, a structure that is some five-stories tall with six-story high corners and a large central tower nearly 200 feet tall, is likely the largest of its kind anywhere in the world."

Today, the totalitarian state tries to bury history. It is not so much concerned about the history of the Late Song Dynasty. It wants to erase recent history such as The Great Leap Forward where 45 million died in the man-made, Great Chinese Famine (三年大饥荒) which was followed by the horrors of The Cultural Revolution (文化大革命). The State doesn't want comparisons between  The Cultural Revolution and Cultural Revolution 2.0, SARS and SARS-Cov-2, demonstrations at Tiananmen Square and in Hong Kong or Mao and Xi Thought as opposed to Deng Theory. However, the late Song Dynasty shows that prosperity and longevity can be an illusion as are shadows on the wall of a cave. 


D. Carlton Rossi
2021年5月4日 



Gernet, Jacques, Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion 1250-1276, Stanford University Press: Stanford, California, 1962. 

https://thediplomat.com/2015/08/chinas-military-trains-for-taiwan-invasion-with-mock-ups/

Zhurihe combat training base:  China's Military Trains for Taiwan Invasion With Mock-Ups, The Diplomat, Greg Austin, August 11, 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Sui

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_conquest_of_Song_China
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liuqiu_(medieval)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Yuan_dynasty




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拆迁,寻衅滋事 Property Seizures 

​https://孙大午.com

https://孙大午.cn

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Sentenced to probation on November 11, 2003

Arrested November 11, 2020 for Picking quarrels and provoking trouble (Chinese: 寻衅滋事)

                                          158 DAYS                                                                                      

One hundred and fifty-eight days was the time Sun Dawu spent in prison in 2003. The author was present at Dawu Group during his arrest. He was the guest of Sun Dawu. He himself was put under house arrest for three days. In what is termed 2.0, Sun Dawu was arrested a second time. On April 18, 2020 158 days has passed. With respect to the author, he, too, would have been arrested a second time. He, too, would have been forced to read Article 1 regarding National Security or its modern equivalent as had happened on May 28, 2003. He, too, may have been arrested waiting for charges to be laid in what might become a gang related case.  

You might say that this supposition is hypothetical and you would be correct. However, you will need more facts because the degree of certainty increases. The author who is a teacher sent a six page proposal by Fed Ex to Dawu Group at the end of 2019.  He was creating his own teaching position as a "foreign expert" as he had formerly been classified by the Foreign Experts Bureau. He wanted to teach teachers. One can have much more influence teaching teachers of students rather than students. He had had experience in this field in both China at several schools and South Korea where he taught at Kunsan University. He was accepted for the position at Dawu Group. In addition, Sun Dawu wanted the author to teach his grandchildren.  

It seems that the Canadian Embassy in Beijing under the leadership of Ambassador Barton was out of the loop concerning the emergent virus--at least according to the testimony of the ambassador before a parliamentary committee in 2020. On the other hand, the author was well acquainted with the emergence of a new virus similar to SARS. He had not forgotten the lessons of SARS because he had been at ground zero of the epidemic in Beijing prior to May 28, 2003. He had been teaching at both the Graduate School of CAS and at another university specializing in finance when the outbreak hit. He lived right across from a restaurant which was converted into a SARS hospital. Both this hospital and the military hospital in Beijing were the two designated places where patients were sent.  

In SARS 2.0, a virus was identified at the end of December 2019 which had emerged in Wuhan. At the end of December Dr. Li Wenliang (李文亮) who was a  doctor of opthalmology blew the whistle on a new virus similar to SARS. That doctor was Li Wenliang of Wuhan. That doctor had been the author's opthamologist in Xiamen. The author still holds his written prescription and uses the reading glasses which were manufactured at the clinic where he worked. The new virus was designated SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Li Wenliang passed away on February 06, 2020.

The author was well aware of the relationship between SARS and the arrests of Sun Dawu and Sun Zhigang in 2003. He had written an article called The Year of Two Suns about the beginning of the civil rights movement in China during 2003. Perhaps a reprint is necessary at this time. In retrospect, the author was a participant in what became a movement. SARS basically created a climate of fear where citizens demanded more rights--especially involving information and free speech while the government used cover-up because it was concerned about further unrest or "class struggle".  

At any rate, the author saw a parallel between the arrest of Sun Dawu in 2003 during the SARS crisis and the possible arrest of Sun Dawu just a year after he had acted as a "whistleblower" in February 2019 about the African Swine Flu (ASF) epidemic in Hebei Province. This epidemic affected Chinese farmers who culled millions of swine. It still is prevalent in China. Sun Dawu is still referred by many international news organizations as a "pig farmer" because of the publicity or by Chinese state media with reference to the "pig killing list" of the government concerning alleged wayward entrepreneurs. 

The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic though was affecting wide swaths of the Chinese population with its epicenter in Wuhan. To remind the reader, ASF is a hemorrhagic fever that affects mainly swine while SARS-CoV-2 is a respiratory fever that affects humans and other mammals. It is possible for a pig and handler to have both ASF and SARS-CoV-2.  

On January 16, 2020, the author informed the Dawu Group that he declined the offer to teach at their school. He informed Sun Dawu that he was concerned about the emergence of a new virus in China. He cited the opinion of The Lancet which is an independent, international general medical journal founded in 1823. The journal was saying they believed there were many more cases in Wuhan than were being officially reported. I am not sure why the Canadian Embassy in Beijing was not warning Canadians to avoid travel to China either because of COVID-19 or the arrest of Spavor and Kovrig, but the author was informing Sun that he was concerned and that Sun should be concerned about the emergence of a new disease. Indirectly, the author was saying to Sun that he might be arrested. 

The second reason the author gave to Sun Dawu was that he (the author) might be arrested. The author saw the parallel between his house arrest in 2003 at the height of the SARS epidemic and his possible arrest in 2020 with the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. Incidentally, the author was arrested in 2003 while he was establishing a new college in a cooperative program between Red Deer College, Alberta and Dawu Group. Officials of the Canadian Embassy had inspected the educational facilities of the Dawu Group. 

In the author's opinion, it was more than likely that he himself might be arrested in 2020 because it was the end of the civil rights movement in China. For example, Xu Zhiyong who was the former lawyer of Sun Dawu and founder of the New Citizens' Movement (新公民运动)  was on the run having evaded an arrest at a dinner party in Xiamen. This was unknown to the author at the time who actually had considered hiring Dr. Xu to meet him at the airport in the event that the author was arrested for arbitrary reasons as had been the Canadians known as Spavor and Kovrig. The lawyer who represented Sun Dawu in 2003 was arrested on February 15, 2020. 

The author has contrasted this dinner party of a handful of citizens with the Baibuting Banquet in Wuhan of 10,000 participants where the mayor--Zhou Xianwang (周先旺)--was trying to set a world record. This contributed to the epidemic along with the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market (武汉华南海鲜批发市场) from which some of the food for the open banquet originated. What was the government's answer to banquets and food consumption especially of pork? Eat less! 

The reader will point out quite rightly to the author that Sun Dawu was not arrested at the beginning of 2020 and that the epidemic was under control by the summer. However, Sun Dawu was arrested on November 11, 2020 between two resurgences of the disease in Hebei Provice. On June 15, 2020, there was an outbreak at Xinfadi market in Beijing. This must have reminded authorities of the outbreak traced to the Wuhan market which is denied by you know WHO. At the same time, authorities declared martial law in Baoding which is a 15 minute ride away from Dawu City. Then, on January 07, 2021, the capital of Hebei Province or Shijiazhuang which has a population of 11 million was under total lockdown. 

In summary, there is a similar feature between the arrest of Sun Dawu in 2003 and in 2020. That feature is SARS and its derivative SARS-CoV-2. Both diseases started off as epidemics in China and became international pandemics. In 2003, the emergence of SARS coincided with the beginning of the civil rights movement in China. In 2020, the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 marked  the end of the civil rights movement with the arrest of Xu Zhiyong and Sun Dawu under a much more authoritarian government.

So far, the government has avoided or evaded a trial of the Confucian entrepreneur Sun Dawu. If there is a trial then it will be the trial of the century. It will remind the author of how Red Guards tried to dig up the bones of Confucius on two occassions in order to burn them during the Cultural Revolution. It will be Cultural Revolution 2.0 or The Great Terror 2.0 (大恐怖 2.0) . It will be the end of civil rights, Confucianism and private enterprise. 


D. Carlton Rossi
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2021年15月4日
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updated 2021年18月4日


May be reprinted for educational purposes 

                                      Killing the Scholars        Burning the Books


Chinese billionaire Sun Dawu faces decades in jail, legal team say 


One of China's most outspoken businessmen could face 25 years in prison if convicted on a range of charges against him, his legal team said on Monday.

Rural entrepreneur Sun Dawu is accused of provoking trouble and disturbing public order, illegal mining, encroachment on state farmland, obstructing public service and illegal fundraising, among other charges, prosecutors in Gaobeidian in Hebei province said in a document on Wednesday.

The document also listed the charges against 19 other people who were detained with Sun in November over a land dispute between his Dawu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Group and a state farm.

A source in the legal team, who requested anonymity because they were warned not to speak to the media, said prosecutors asked for Sun's eldest son Sun Meng to be jailed for 16 years and Sun's brother Sun Zhihua to be jailed for 11 years.

The source said they expected Sun could be sentenced to 20-25 years.

"The defendants were surprised about the heavy sentencing suggestions and they have said that these (sentences) are unacceptable," the source said. "We will do our best to defend them."

“This year marks the centenary celebrations of the Communist Party ... How this case is handled could easily be seen as a yardstick of how the central leadership sees private entrepreneurs,” it said.

“[A poor outcome] would ... be detrimental to the centenary celebrations.”

The source said the court was expected to set a trial date next week.


https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/chinese-billionaire-sun-dawu-faces-decades-in-jail-legal-team-say/ar-BB1gzHCG


https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3132961/chinese-billionaire-sun-dawu-faces-decades-jail-legal-team-say


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教育 Education

ANTHOLOGY OF SUN DAWU'S POEMS  

How China’s swine fever epidemic turned into a global crisis

YouTube    5/15/2020        11:13 minutes
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https://youtu.be/EVIHhmPuf6s?t=203

人身和财产权   Person and Property Rights

China Change

https://twitter.com/hashtag/孙大午

Above archive pictures from the personal photo album of Sun Dawu

Lawyers for detained Chinese billionaire Sun Dawu warn authorities could ‘destroy’ Dawu Group under laws targeting criminal gangs

Guo Rui in Guangzhou

April 06,  2021


The businessman was detained along with family members and senior executives in a case that highlights concerns about legal protections for entrepreneurs

His family has assembled a high-powered defence team, which warned that a business which had contributed much to society was now at risk of collapse

Yang said she was worried that Sun and his managers would be prosecuted under anti-gang laws, which carry long jail sentences and would allow the authorities to confiscate their property.

Yang added that if this happens, “then the Dawu Group – a well-managed private enterprise – will be destroyed and taken over by the government”.
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3128401/lawyers-detained-chinese-billionaire-sun-dawu-warn-authorities  

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It appears from November 11, 2020 or the arrest of 30 individuals at Dawu Group that authorities may have been preparing to lay the foundation for utilization of anti-gang laws. Why else undertake a night time raid using 300 police with submachine guns and knock down doors as opposed to knocking at the doors? This can now happen to any enterprise, any entrepreneur, farmer or anyone in China for any reason at any time. If this isn't terror then what is? 

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营农场强占土地 大午集团维权39人被抓
2020年08月06日 8:31

河北民企大午集团和保定国营农场的矛盾升级。国营农场在公安庇护下偷拆大午集团建筑，遭大午工人和村民抵制后，公安对抗议的工人大打出手，有人肋骨被打断。大午集团百余人到公安局门口请愿，再有39人被拘。

大午集团微博公众号“大午采风”披露，8月4日清晨，徐水国营农场人员开着挖掘机、吊车，准备偷偷拆除大午集团农业公司的办公室。得到消息的大午农业公司员工和郎五庄村民，赶到现场，阻止对方偷拆。徐水区公安局副局长崔超则指挥特警向大午农业公司的工人和村民喷射辣椒水，发烟雾弹，殴打工人和村民。


https://youtu.be/JL5L0yiGI3U


https://www.bannedbook.org/bnews/cbnews/20200806/1375435.html


39 members of Dawu Group's rights defenders were arrested for occupying land by state-owned farms

August 06, 2020 8:31 am

The conflict between Hebei Private Enterprise Dayu Group and Baoding State Farm has escalated. The state farm was under the protection of the public security to demolish the building of the Dawu Group. After being boycotted by the workers and villagers of Dawu, the public security attacked the protesting workers, and some people had their ribs broken. More than a hundred people from the Dawu Group petitioned at the door of the Public Security Bureau, and another 39 people were detained.

Dawu Group's Weibo public account "Dawu Caifeng" disclosed that in the early morning of August 4, personnel from Xushui State Farm drove excavators and cranes to secretly demolish the office of Dawu Group Agricultural Company. The employees of Dawu Agricultural Company and the villagers of Langwuzhuang who received the news rushed to the scene to prevent the other party from stealing it. Cui Chao, deputy director of the Public Security Bureau of Xushui District, directed special police to spray chili water on workers and villagers of Dawu Agricultural Company, fire smoke bombs, and beat workers and villagers.

  
​                                                        Lazarus Resurrected

                                      With silent lips "Give me your tired, your poor,
                                      Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free".
                                      Welcome to my hometown and to my home
                                      as fish dish awaits with bottle of báijiǔ.
                                      My toast to your health and your prosperity,
                                      your family and your ancestral lineage.
                                      The Sun shines brightest at time of Big Noon
                                      and smiles on bigger land of fewer people.

                                      D. Carlton Rossi
                                      2021年4月19日             


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                                                      保育钧 Bao Yujun


"影响农村金融稳定的不是孙大午，而是垄断的、僵化的金融体制。” 

"It is not Sun Dawu that affects rural financial stability,  but the monopolistic and rigid financial system."



                                       SUN Dawu's Eulogy to Bao Yujun


保育钧先生曾对邓小平复出、恢复高考、为知识分子正名起到过重要作用。他由宣传部门转到全国工商联工作后，两次提案促成私产入宪，屡次为民企发声。他率真耿直，敢说实话。说实话是需要胆量的，更是令人尊敬的。人们称他“保大炮”，我倒觉得他更像温暖民企的火把。他对中国的民营经济贡献很大，民企不应该忘记他，我们大午集团更不会忘记他。2014年在我们企业创办30周年庆祝活动中，保主席发言说：“大午集团自力更生、循序渐进，自食其力光彩！不劳而获不光彩。”对此，我们很有感触！“自食其力”就是我们大午集团风雨三十年的写照，我们今后的发展还是要靠“自食其力”。

Mr. Bao Yujun played an important role in Deng Xiaoping's comeback, the restoration of the college entrance examination, and the rectification of intellectuals. After he was transferred from the propaganda department to the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, two proposals led to the entry of private property into the constitution, and he repeatedly spoke for private enterprises. He is straightforward and dare to tell the truth. To be honest, it takes courage and is respectable. People call him "protecting a cannon", but I think he is more like a torch that warms private enterprises. He has made a great contribution to China's private economy. Private enterprises should not forget him, and Dawu Group will never forget him. In the celebration of the 30th anniversary of our establishment in 2014, Chairman Bao said: "Dawu Group is self-reliant and gradual! It is not honourable for nothing." We are very touched by this! "Self-reliance" is the portrayal of the 30 years of our Dawu Group. Our future development still depends on "self-reliance".
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https://finance.sina.com.cn/chanjing/gsnews/2020-11-11/doc-ifxsuypf4738386.shtml

Sitting from right to left are Mao Yushi and his wife, the late Bao Yujun and his wife.  As host, Sun Dawu is standing in the background.  Video may be downloaded and distributed.  

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