On November 23, 2004, an article in the Shanghai Party Committee’s orthodox Liberation Daily disagreed. It attacked the concept of “public intellectuals,” claiming that their “independence drives a wedge” between intellectuals and the Party and between intellectuals and the masses.
2004年11月23日，正统的中共上海市委解放日报的一篇文章提出不同意见。它抨击“公共知识分子”的概念，声称他们的“独立性”将会在知识分子和中共以及知识分子和群众之间“挑起不合”。