【新唐人2013年06月29日讯】北京“邮电大学”校长方滨兴，在今年的学校毕业典礼上宣称﹕因“身体原因”，辞去校长一职。这位所谓的“中国防火墙之父”辞职，引来网络使用者的庆贺。不过观察人士指出，方滨兴辞职，是中共高层处理前重庆市委书记薄熙来案的前奏，并不代表中共当局会结束网络封锁。
据北京“邮电大学”网站披露，“邮电大学”校长方滨兴因为身体原因，已经向主管部门提出不再连任校长的请求。
53岁的方滨兴，除担任北京“邮电大学”校长外，还是“计算机网络与信息安全管理中心”的名誉主任。他主要研究所谓网络安全、信息内容安全，互联网技术等，是中国网络审查体系——“防火长城”关键部分的首席设计师。
目前中共政治局势诡异，中南海一直处于混战。日前政治局的4天会议，中共总书记习近平警告政治局委员要维护中央的权威，外界纷传高层发生“内讧”。而方滨兴在这个敏感的时期离职，引起外界诸多揣测。
时事评论员任百鸣：“方滨兴是薄案的核心成员，薄熙来搞重庆模式，方滨兴作为主要的文人被收买，现在的情况下，薄熙来马上要进行审判，江派的一些铁杆人马就被揪出来，小老虎逐渐的被曝光，最后逼近大老虎。”
时事评论员汪北稷认为，中共让方滨兴辞职，而不是直接抓起来，体现了习近平所提的“前后30年都不否定”的左右逢源思路。汪北稷说，因为薄熙来的人马全是左派，如果彻底否定左派，等于否定共产党的历史。
时事评论员汪北稷：“方滨兴病退，你却不全面否定‘防火墙’，就像10多年前，把陈希同抓起来，你却不否定他在‘六四’当中的罪恶、丑恶行径，这对于共产党是自相矛盾的。方滨兴的罪恶，薄熙来的罪行，王立军的罪行，他们这个集团的罪行，是共产党罪行不可分割的一部分，看清楚这种罪行，就该彻底的否定它，不能留有余地。”
汪北稷指出，习近平对于薄熙来死党的处理，是采取平级调动，或批评检讨等温和方式﹖汪北稷认为，这些左派手段毒辣，一旦有翻身之日，绝不放过习近平，而习近平这种不敢与中共彻底切割的做法，正好给他们留下了死灰复燃的土壤。
方滨兴辞职引来网友一片欢呼。网友（Jiamesi）认为，方滨兴“做尽缺德事儿，报应来啦﹗”另有网友（乌龙院滴大师兄）对方滨兴说：你啊，何苦助纣为虐？老了搞得一身臭。
并有网友（医学插画师阿杜）祝福病魔早日战胜方校长（方滨兴）。网友说，“因为他是专业砌长城的，中国长城防火墙（GFW）就是禁锢你思想自由、信息自由、舆论自由的墙！”
“中国天网人权事务中心”负责人黄琦：“民众对于官方压制民间舆论的自由流通非常不满，进而将这种不满转嫁到方先生一个人头上，这是民众对此拍手叫好的主要原因，我们认为今天中国大陆一个人的辞职，并不影响中国大陆对于互联网的屏蔽和封锁。”
“中国天网人权事务中心”负责人黄琦强调，“防火墙”并非方滨兴个人的问题，是中共体制的必然结果，方滨兴是中共体制的牺牲品。黄琦忠告其他还在从事“防火墙”的人，不要再助纣为虐侵犯人权，而在言论自由的道路上越滑越远。
今年的2月9号，中国正值辞旧迎新，方滨兴在微博上发帖拜年，却遭遇了数万名网友的恶评。方滨兴收到2万多“滚”字回帖，及“去死吧”的诅咒。
而早在2011年的5月19号，方滨兴在“武汉大学”演讲时，也遭遇学生扔鞋的抗议。传闻方滨兴被一鞋击中，引起网友们一片欢呼，而且不断有人悬赏“再击方滨兴”。
采访编辑/刘惠 后制/钟元
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".
