China Is Changing- Press Conference Announces 1 Million Quit CCP
By James Fish
The Epoch Times
Apr 23, 2005
Delegates from several human rights organizations, pro-democracy groups, and various other NGOfs addressed the crowds gathered in front of the United Nations building in downtown New York this morning at a press conference proclaiming the resignation of one million Chinese citizens from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP.)
Chinese people, spurred by The Epoch Times/ gNine Commentaries on the Communist Party,hand aided by The Epoch Times Tuidang website
http://tuidang.epochtimes.com, are leaving the CCP at the rate of 20,000 per day. This is a harbinger of the eventual collapse of the CCP, and the transition of China to a freer, fairer system of government.
This is an event similar to the fall of the Berlin Wall, and events like this press conference serve to give notice to the world that history is happening before our eyes.
Many of the speakers at the event had grown up under Communist rule, educated by Communist propaganda. They spoke of the crimes the Party committed, how the Party protected its corrupt officials, ands how the Party turned the worst suffering of the Chinese people into pro-Party propaganda.
Dr. Wang Zhiyuan was a member of the Peoplefs Liberation Army (PLA) for 25 years. He described how the CCP betrayed the army by using it not for but against the Chinese people.
He quoted Mao Zedong, who said, gOnly by destroying a piece of society can we win peace for society. We must launch a ePolitical Movementf every 7-8 years.h
gIn each ePolitical Movementf,h Dr. Wang said, gChinese soldiers were ordered to kill Chinese citizens. It was a great tragedy to be part of the Chinese Communist Army.h
Dr. Wang described many gPolitical Movementsh and purges ordered by the CCP, which in total claimed the lives of 80 million innocent Chinese.
Some of the gPolitical Movementsh (from a list prepared by the organizers):
1) Land Reform, Suppression of Counterrevolutionaries Campaigns (1950–1952; 2.4–5 million killed)
Under the guise of gland reformh and suppressing greactionaries,h within two short years Chinese authorities killed 2.4 million people, according to the CCPfs own figures. Some put the figure at 5 million.
2) The Great Leap Forward (1959–1961; 30–40 million dead)
In a terribly ill-conceived plan to double Chinafs steel production, the CCP essentially turned the nation into one large labor camp. The result: over 30 million starved to death, and the country was plunged into economic depression.
3) The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976; 7–8 million killed or driven to suicide)
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution aimed for nothing less than destruction of all traditional Chinese culture and beliefs. The campaign reached such a frenzy that children would beat or even kill parents, teachers, and elders; many turned them in to authorities for torture or public humiliation. Killing became a way to prove onefs grevolutionaryh status.
4) 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre (June 4th, 1989; 600–3,000 killed)
The CCP leadership brought a violent end to months of student-led sit-ins and hunger strikes on Beijingfs Tiananmen Square by ordering armed military to take the Square by force. The unarmed students were gunned down or crushed under tanks in a horrific bloodbath.
5) The gEradicationh of Falun Gong Campaign (1999–present; 5–7,000 est. dead, millions imprisoned)
In July 1999 then-CCP-Chairman Jiang Zemin, resentful of Falun Gongfs popularity, ordered the peaceful group geradicated.h The ensuing campaign- violent and brutal- has been seen by many, like CCN Senior Analyst Willy Lam, as ga throw-back to the Cultural Revolution.h
Also speaking was Sir Moshe Barr-Nea, a longtime peace activist. He spoke of his experiences with Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia; he stated that totalitarian governments like these, and the CCP, always choose innocent victims to promote their reign of terror. Sir Barr-Nea called for gan international movement to save the people of China from this Communist regime; it is the last outpost of communism and it must go.h
Mr. John Patrick, Director Emeritus of the China Support Network
www.chinasupport.net said, gThe Chinese government must answer for the June 4th Massacre [in Tiananmen Square.] Now is the time that they must face history. One million people quitting the CCP marks the beginning of the future for China.h
Fei Liangyong, President of the German-based Federation for a Democratic China, said, gAnyone who can think independently, anyone who has a conscience, should not remain in the Communist Party.h Mr. Fei said that the free nations of the worlds must not compromise with the CCP, must not compromise their principles for perceived economic gain. He called on the free world to urge China to improve human rights, end censorship and reform politically. gThe democratic transformation of China is the key to global democracy,h he stated.
Kathleen Quain, President of the Foundation for Health and the Environment, challenged Chinese President Hu Jintao to stop the torture of Chinese people immediately, and to instead support the health and well-being of the Chinese population. She asked Hu to put the resources now used to oppress Chinese citizens instead to restore the people and the environment of China to health.
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