Editing The Fifth Modernization

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{{Short description|Pro-democracy essay in China}}
{{infobox essay
|name=The Fifth Modernization
|author= [[Wei Jingsheng]]
|pub_date=1978
|module=
{{Chinese
|s=第五个现代化 |t=第五個現代化 |order=st
|p=Dì wǔ ge/gè xiàndàihuà<br>
di4 wu3 {ge5 ge4} xian4 dai4 hua4
|j=dai6 ng5 go3 jin6 doi6 faa3
}}
}}

[[File:Wei_Jingsheng_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_novembre_2013.jpg | thumb | right | Wei Jingsheng]]
'''"The Fifth Modernization"''' is an essay by human rights activist [[Wei Jingsheng]], originally begun as a signed [[Big-character poster|wall poster]] placed on the [[Democracy Wall]] in [[Beijing]] on December 5, 1978.<ref>Brook, Daniel. [2005] (2005). Modern revolution: social change and cultural continuity in Czechoslovakia and China. University Press of America. {{ISBN|0-7618-3193-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7618-3193-8}}.</ref>

==Summary==
The poster called on the [[Chinese Communist Party]] to add [[Democracy in China|democracy]] to the list of the [[Four Modernizations]], which already included [[Industry of China|industry]], [[Agriculture in China|agriculture]], [[Science and technology in China|science and technology]], and [[People's Liberation Army|national defense]].<ref>Schell, Orville. Shambaugh, David L. [1999] (1999). The China reader: the reform era. Random House, Inc. {{ISBN|0-679-76387-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-679-76387-1}}.</ref>  It openly stated democracy was an additional modernization that needed to be pursued if China truly wanted to modernize itself.

==See also==
*[[Beijing Spring]]
*[[Democracy Wall]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://weijingsheng.org/doc/en/THE%20FIFTH%20MODERNIZATION.html "The Fifth Modernization", essay by Wei Jingsheng]

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