On August 14, 2013, Huanqiu published a commentary on overseas dissidents entitled, “The Overseas Democracy Movement Must Swallow the Bitter Pill of Marginalization.” The commentary stated, “Recently, a number of overseas democracy activists have been connecting with one another on the Internet, bragging about returning home one day next year to make trouble, or about congregating outside of and ‘besieging’ the Chinese government’s overseas establishments around the world. Names forgotten by or unknown to the Chinese people flash like a meteor across the media.”
Huanqiu said that only about 200 people make up the overseas democracy movement. Engaging in political activities has become their means of survival. The commentary stated repeatedly that democracy activists have been marginalized. “They need to ‘make something happen’ and, at the minimum, generate some noise in the field of public opinion.” “Their experience shows extreme political resistance has no future in China.”
Source: Huanqiu, August 14, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/opinion_world/2013-08/4239302.html