If Havel ever had any moments of doubt about his lasting positive impact on the world, I hope he was able to see reports from Wukan before he died. In that fishing village of 6,000, the “power of the powerless” that Havel promoted as a means to undermine totalitarian rule was demonstrated anew, and with such enormous dignity and discipline that it has galvanized China like no protest since those in Tiananmen Square in the spring of 1989.
如果哈维尔对于他给这个世界带来的积极影响的持续性有一丝一毫的怀疑，那么我衷心希望他在逝世前看到了关于乌坎的报道。在这个只有6000名村民的渔村里，“无权者的权力”——哈维尔所大力宣扬的反对极权统治的利器——正在发出新的光芒，那里的村民显示出了中国自1989年春天安门广场示威以来从未体现过的尊严与纪律。