08年12 月10日国际人权日前夕发表的《零八宪章》从中国宪法条文所保障,却未曾在现实生活中实现的十九个方面向中国当权者提出了温和渐进的政改建议,首批联署者除了有前中共中央常委政治秘书鲍彤、新华社前副社长李普李法学家于浩成、作家沙叶新等传媒、法律等领域的知名知识分子,还有来自基层各种权益受侵害的团体。这种跨越体制内外、跨界别的公民呼声引起海内外高度关注,《零八宪章》联署者们不久前获得前共产国家捷克的人权奖项,以及入围美国《时代》周刊年度影响世界100人。
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From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 Ingram Book Company 08年12 月10日国际人权日前夕发表的《零八宪章》从中国宪法条文所保障,却未曾在现实生活中实现的十九个方面向中国当权者提出了温和渐进的政改建议,首批联署者除了有前中共中央常委政治秘书鲍彤、新华社前副社长李普李法学家于浩成、作家沙叶新等传媒、法律等领域的知名知识分子,还有来自基层各种权益受侵害的团体。这种跨越体制内外、跨界别的公民呼声引起海内外高度关注,《零八宪章》联署者们不久前获得前共产国家捷克的人权奖项,以及入围美国《时代》周刊年度影响世界100人。Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourthhighest per capita real income? The story of that transformation is told here by Singapore's charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew.