【新唐人2013年06月29日訊】北京「郵電大學」校長方濱興，在今年的學校畢業典禮上宣稱﹕因「身體原因」，辭去校長一職。這位所謂的「中國防火牆之父」辭職，引來網絡使用者的慶賀。不過觀察人士指出，方濱興辭職，是中共高層處理前重慶市委書記薄熙來案的前奏，並不代表中共當局會結束網絡封鎖。
據北京「郵電大學」網站披露，「郵電大學」校長方濱興因為身體原因，已經向主管部門提出不再連任校長的請求。
53歲的方濱興，除擔任北京「郵電大學」校長外，還是「計算機網絡與信息安全管理中心」的名譽主任。他主要研究所謂網絡安全、信息內容安全，互聯網技術等，是中國網絡審查體系——「防火長城」關鍵部分的首席設計師。
目前中共政治局勢詭異，中南海一直處於混戰。日前政治局的4天會議，中共總書記習近平警告政治局委員要維護中央的權威，外界紛傳高層發生「內訌」。而方濱興在這個敏感的時期離職，引起外界諸多揣測。
時事評論員任百鳴：「方濱興是薄案的核心成員，薄熙來搞重慶模式，方濱興作為主要的文人被收買，現在的情況下，薄熙來馬上要進行審判，江派的一些鐵桿人馬就被揪出來，小老虎逐漸的被曝光，最後逼近大老虎。」
時事評論員汪北稷認為，中共讓方濱興辭職，而不是直接抓起來，體現了習近平所提的「前後30年都不否定」的左右逢源思路。汪北稷說，因為薄熙來的人馬全是左派，如果徹底否定左派，等於否定共產黨的歷史。
時事評論員汪北稷：「方濱興病退，你卻不全面否定『防火牆』，就像10多年前，把陳希同抓起來，你卻不否定他在『六四』當中的罪惡、醜惡行徑，這對於共產黨是自相矛盾的。方濱興的罪惡，薄熙來的罪行，王立軍的罪行，他們這個集團的罪行，是共產黨罪行不可分割的一部分，看清楚這種罪行，就該徹底的否定它，不能留有餘地。」
汪北稷指出，習近平對於薄熙來死黨的處理，是採取平級調動，或批評檢討等溫和方式﹖汪北稷認為，這些左派手段毒辣，一旦有翻身之日，絕不放過習近平，而習近平這種不敢與中共徹底切割的做法，正好給他們留下了死灰復燃的土壤。
方濱興辭職引來網友一片歡呼。網友（Jiamesi）認為，方濱興「做盡缺德事兒，報應來啦﹗」另有網友（烏龍院滴大師兄）對方濱興說：你啊，何苦助紂為虐？老了搞得一身臭。
並有網友（醫學插畫師阿杜）祝福病魔早日戰勝方校長（方濱興）。網友說，「因為他是專業砌長城的，中國長城防火牆（GFW）就是禁錮你思想自由、信息自由、輿論自由的牆！」
「中國天網人權事務中心」負責人黃琦：「民眾對於官方壓制民間輿論的自由流通非常不滿，進而將這種不滿轉嫁到方先生一個人頭上，這是民眾對此拍手叫好的主要原因，我們認為今天中國大陸一個人的辭職，並不影響中國大陸對於互聯網的屏蔽和封鎖。」
「中國天網人權事務中心」負責人黃琦強調，「防火牆」並非方濱興個人的問題，是中共體制的必然結果，方濱興是中共體制的犧牲品。黃琦忠告其他還在從事「防火牆」的人，不要再助紂為虐侵犯人權，而在言論自由的道路上越滑越遠。
今年的2月9號，中國正值辭舊迎新，方濱興在微博上發帖拜年，卻遭遇了數萬名網友的惡評。方濱興收到2萬多「滾」字回帖，及「去死吧」的詛咒。
而早在2011年的5月19號，方濱興在「武漢大學」演講時，也遭遇學生扔鞋的抗議。傳聞方濱興被一鞋擊中，引起網友們一片歡呼，而且不斷有人懸賞「再擊方濱興」。
採訪編輯/劉惠 後製/鍾元
God-Father of Firewall Gets Booted Out
Fang Binxing, President of the University of
Posts and Telecommunications in Beijing,
declared in this year’s graduation ceremony, that
due to “health reasons", he is resigning as President.
The so-called “Father of the Great Firewall of China"
has resigned, causing netizens to celebrate.
But observers pointed out that Fang’s resignation was just
a cover for the senior level of the Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) to deal with Bo Xilai, the former CCP secretary
in Chongqing,.
But it does not mean that the CCP will lift the internet
blockade and censorship.
According to University of Posts and
Telecommunications website,
President Fang has handed in his resignation letter
due to his health problem.
53-year-old Fang, had been President of
University of Posts and Telecommunications,
as well as the honorary director of the Computer Network
and Information Security Management Centre.
His main area of research is in Network Security,
Content Security, Internet Technology,
and is the chief designer of a key part of China’s Internet
censorship system- the Great Firewall of China.
Currently the CCP’s political situation is very precarious,
it has been in an internal dogfight within Zhongnanhai.
In the four-day meeting of the Political Bureau of
the CCP’s Central Committee,
General Secretary Xi Jinping ordered the
members to maintain the central authority.
The outside world went abuzz that the senior level were
strife torn. Fang resigned in this sensitive period, which elicited a lot of outside speculation.
Commentator Ren Baiming:
“Fang is a core member of the Bo Xilai case.
For Bo’s Chongqing model, Fang was bought
over as a major scholar.
Now Bo is soon facing a trial,
exposing some hardcore members of the Jiang faction.
Small tigers were gradually being exposed,
leading to the exposure of the big tiger."
Commentator Wang Beiji believes that the
CCP let Fang resign, rather than directly arrest him,
reflecting Xi’s ideas of not denying things
before and after 30 years.
Wang Beiji said, because Bo’s people are all leftists,
if the leftists are completely annihilated, in reality it negates the entire history of the CCP.
Commentator Wang Beiji: “Fang was fired, but it (the CCP)
does not completely dismantle or deny the firewall.
Just like 10 years ago, Chen Xitong was arrested,
he did not deny his criminal acts in the June 4 massacre.
This is the hypocrisy of the CCP. Crimes of Fang, Bo Xilai,
Wang Lijun, and this group are an integral part of the CCP’s crimes.
If you have uncovered a crime, then you should completely
disassociate yourself from the crime, leaving no room for doubt.”
Wang Beiji pointed out, in dealing with Bo Xilai’s followers,
Xi utilized a lateral move, criticisms or review and other mild methods.
Wang Beiji belives that these leftists are sinister, once they
turn on Xi, they will never let up on Xi Jinping.
Xi Jinping did not dare to expel them from the CCP,
leaving them opportunities to re-emerge.
Fang’s resignation attracted cheers from netizens. Netizen
(Jiamesi) believes that Fang always did wicked things. Now the retribution comes!
Another netizen tasks Fang, why do you assist the evil?
You’ll just stench when you get old.
Another netizen wishes sickness will overcome Fang soon.
A netizen said, “He is a professional builder of the Great Wall,
the Great Firewall of China (GFW) imprisoning your freedom of
thought, information and opinions!"
Huang Qi, head of China Skynet Human Rights Centre:
“People are very dissatisfied with the official repression of
the natural flow of public opinion,
and thus pass this dissatisfaction on to Mr. Fang.
It is the main reason that people applauded his resignation.
We believe that the resignation of a person in China today,
does not dismantle the Internet shielding and blocking."
Huang Qi stressed that the firewall is not the
personal project of Fang,
but the inevitable result of the CCP’s dictatorial regime,
Fang is the product of the Chinese Communist regime.
Huang Qi warned others who are still engaged in the firewall,
not to engage in evil violations of human rights,
and suppression of freedom of expression.
On February 9 2013, when Chinese New Year came,
Fang posted on the microblog to celebrate the New Year,
but he was blasted by tens of thousands of netizens’ flames.
Fang received more than 20,000 “go away" replies,
and “go to hell" curses.
As early on as May 19, 2011, when Fang gave a speech
in Wuhan University, he was met with students who threw shoes in protest.
It was rumored that Fang was hit by a shoe,
causing netizens’ cheers.
And neitzens kept on offering a reward for
“re-hitting Fang Binxing".
