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Brief author info: Fang Lizhe (1936- ) Chinese scientist and activist Astrophysicist known for strong political stances; sometimes called the "Chinese Sakharov." Opposed Maoism beginning in the 1950s; periodically ousted from Communist Party (1957, 1966, 1987). During 1980s thaw, appointed to prominent academic positions, including vice-chancellor of Keda, University of Science and Technology of Hefei (Anhi Province); dismissed from job under accusations of having encouraged student prodemocracy protests. In 1989, first dissident to appeal directly to Deng Xiaoping (urged release of political prisoners); won 1989 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award; went into exile in United States.
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In the field of modern cosmology, the first principle is called "the Cosmological Principle." It says that the universe has no center, that it has the same properties throughout. Every place in the universe has, in this sense, equal rights. How can the human race, which has evolved in a universe of such fundamental equality, fail to strive for a society without violence and terror? How can we fail to build a world in which the rights due to every human being from birth are respected?
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