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August 6, 2006 (Sunday) － Issue No. 61 |
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How
Global CCP Resignation Statistics Are Calculated |
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Defending
Human Rights in China with Truth |
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Harvard
Professor: Beijing University Fakes Hiring Overseas Talent |
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Freedom Means Supporting Withdrawals from the CCP The Chinese Communist Party is not merely a danger to the Chinese people; it is the greatest threat to the democratic world, for without it, the other threats would be far weaker, and quite possibly even nonexistent....…Full Article |
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U.S. Asia Foundation Employee Arrested For Practicing Falun Gong On May 19, the Chinese Communist regime arrested Bu Dongwei, a staff member of the Beijing office of the U.S. Asia Foundation and also a Falun Gong practitioner. According to a Falun Gong web site, Bu is now in Haidian detention center awaiting a preliminary hearing......…Full Article |
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There is a strong, silent current moving through the fabric of Chinese society—millions of Chinese are withdrawing from and completely renouncing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This movement, which is gaining momentum each day, is far more worrisome to the CCP than all of the appellants, angry farmers, laid-off workers, and corrupt officials combined. The CCP is scared, because a mandate of change is growing in China, and more and more Chinese are deciding that they want their country to move forward without the CCP. Yet the majority of people living in China have never heard of this movement. They have never read The Epoch Times Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party — the "book that started it all." Through constant efforts to block all information regarding the "withdrawal phenomenon," the CCP has managed to keep an astonishing portion of the Chinese citizens in the dark. But as people do find out what's going on through the whispers of freedom being passed from friend to friend, they wonder what it means. If it is true that over eleven million people have withdrawn from the CCP, and that tens of thousands more are doing so each day. How Are Withdrawal Statements Collected? Dr. Gao Dawei, chairman of the Global Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party, addressed this issue in a statement: "There are a few major routes for three withdrawals: one is via internet. The name can be entered into the list of withdrawals at the Quitting the CCP website after breaking through China's Internet blockade. The second route is via fax. After the statement is written or printed, it is fax to service center for Quitting the CCP. The third route is via email. The statement can be sent out via email after breaking through the Internet blockade. Another route is via phone. Our service center has several hotlines. On top of this, many volunteers all over the world are directly contacting people in China." The volunteers at Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP answer the phone with, "Hello, Global Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party." Once the caller gives his or her name and the name of the organization he or she wishes to withdraw from, it will be done right then. Sometimes the callers are calling for someone else or specifically request that their name and statement be published in The Epoch Times newspaper. In addition, some
people renounce their membership in groups. The groups range from
a few people to hundreds of people. In one city a few days ago, 140
people renounced their party memberships. Most people in rural areas
use their real names, but those from the cities usually use aliases.
There are also people who send their renouncements abroad, giving
their statements to family members traveling abroad who then give
them to the Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP. Some people
post their statements in public places on street signs or government
bulletin boards. The newest and most popular method is to write the
renouncements on paper currency. Some people even carve their messages
right into Chinese coins.
Back In communist countries, distinguishing the "true" from the "false" is often painstaking work. No doubt the communist party is always telling lies, but it is also unceasingly compelling others to say false words as well. Everyone says one thing and does another. After dozens of years, the majority of the people do not even believe their own words, let alone others'. First, what we need to recognize is that when the persecuted ability to fight back and obtain evidence pales in comparison to the persecutor's violent resources and its ability to conceal, statements that, on the surface, appear to be fair are actually sided with evil. Second, in the process of exposing the persecution, Falun Gong has always been rigorous in seeking evidence, though sometimes the proving process is rather arduous. More than 90 percent of 3000 deaths include their real identification, along with their perpetrators' names, addresses and criminal procedures employed. These facts published are sufficient enough to get attention and assistance from international communities in ending this persecution. Falun Gong has no need to create sensational news to attract international society; more importantly, that would contravene the principle of Truth, an essential part of Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance, the guiding principles of Falun Gong. Starting from basic common knowledge, upon hearing a fire alarm during a summer-long long-drought, the first reaction of any reasonable person should be to put out the fire, instead of waiting there for more evidence. Similarly, when evidence of Falun Gong being brutally persecuted has already been largely exposed, the news of "harvesting organs from live prisoners" is just like the fire alarm; people who wish to either confirm it or prove it false should immediately unite together and urge the CCP to open up its labor camps for investigation, rather than rant and rave against the victims. It is precisely because of the difficulty of obtaining evidence that The Epoch Times, having no alternative, faithfully reported the information it has received and has spared no effort in calling upon the international community to investigate. The best way to
counter lies is of course by telling the truth. However, we should
notice that an environment without freedom of speech is the spawning
ground for lies. Creating an environment with freedom of speech and
allowing truth to be revealed in public spaces will eradicate secrecy
and falsehoods. At the same time, we should also realize that as long
as the CCP exists, it is impossible to have freedom of speech in China.
Back Chinese communist authorities recently tightened their supervision over the Internet. A Tibetan writer, Wei Se (Tibetan: Oser or Woeser), had two of her weblogs, shut down. According to Boxun.net, two blogs by a well-known Tibetan female writer, Wei Se, located at "Tibetan Culture Blog (www.tibetcul.net)" and "Daqi Blog (www.daqi.com)" were suddenly shut down on July 28. Her two blogs featured poems and prose about Tibetan culture, and also interviews and memoirs posted. She also occasionally posted articles by her husband Wang Lixiong, an independent Chinese writer. The reporter made a call to Wei Se but didn't reach her; but later in an e-mail response, Wei Se said that her blogs were shut down by the order of the United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee." Moli, a writer living in Sweden, commented, "I think shutting down Wei Se's blogs was the decision made by the United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee and was also part of China's Internet blockade in order to reinforce the Internet monitoring and censorship." "Wei Se is the only Tibetan dissident writer who publicly voiced her objections in mainland China. We know that many Han Chinese are dissidents, but most Tibetans have only two options, either going to jail after raising a different voice, or going into exile." "There are hundreds of thousands of Tibetans in exile. Wei Se is probably the only person that falls into neither category. I think she has been constantly raising her voice. But now, even this last hope has been put out. I feel indignant about this matter." In 2003, Wei Se's book Notes on Tibet was published; soon afterwards, she lost her job at the Journal of Tibetan Literature, her home and freedom of movement because Chinese authorities consider her writings overly favorable to the Dalai Lama. In recent years, Wei Se has published additional books in Taiwan, including Secrets of Tibet: New Poem and Forbidden Memory: Tibet During the Cultural Revolution. (Compiled from
a Radio Free Asia recording) Back "Most of the cases of famous overseas professors being employed by Beijing University are fake," said Dr. Shing-Tung Yau, a prominent Chinese mathematics professor at Harvard University, in a recent interview with Southern People Weekly. Beijing University (also known as Peking University) kept silent for nearly a month after the statement was published. However, on July 29, a university spokesperson published an official response on the university's news Web site. The spokesperson said that Dr. Yau's statement was an irresponsible distortion of the facts that seriously damaged the reputation of overseas scholars as well as the reputation of Beijing University. Yau also said that many big projects in China appear to hire a lot of experts, especially from overseas. He alleges that this is also a false picture. According to Yau, many of the famous professors are full-time professors overseas. They are required to work in the United States for nine months. Because they can only be abroad for three months, Beijing University's claim of hiring full-time overseas professors is clearly false, he says. Why would a famous university in China make false claims? Because hiring a famous professor can bring in tens of millions of yuan (millions of US dollars) in government funding. According to Beijing Morning Post, the Beijing University spokesperson stated that the university has increased hiring overseas professors since 1998, and that during the past eight years, approximately 40 percent of the staff was hired from overseas. Dr. Shing-Tung Yau is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University, a U.S. National Academies scholar, one of the first foreign scholars of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a foreign scholar of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Yau spoke out against the corruption in Chinese academic circles last summer. He said that there are a lot of problems with the fundamental education in Chinese universities. The basic quality of many college students, especially in the area of self-cultivation, is deteriorating. The academic atmosphere is also declining. He said he had received many false letters of recommendation from students in China. Students write the recommendation letters, and their professors just sign their names. Professor Yau
said that without paying attention to the fundamental education of
its citizens, China cannot hope to educate the most talented individuals
within the present educational system.
Back Today, here in the de facto headquarters of the free world, there is much to consider: the battle between Hezbollah and Israel, the crisis over Stalinist North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions, similar concern over the same ambitions in Iran, and the ongoing battles of Afghanistan and Iraq. Those who focus too exclusively on one or even several of these crises may consider this gathering to be less important. They are wrong, and they are wrong because today, as we stand up against the Chinese Communist Party, we take a stand against not only an evil and brutal regime, but against the one entity that has been the benefactor of every enemy of freedom in the aforementioned crises. The Chinese Communist Party is not merely a danger to the Chinese people; it is the greatest threat to the democratic world, for without it, the other threats would be far weaker, and quite possibly even nonexistent. As we speak, in northern Lebanon, the Hezbollah terrorist group is firing missiles into Israel, missiles given to them by the Khomeinist mullahcracy of Iran - missiles produced for Iran by none other than the Chinese Communist Party. Iran's partner in this crime - the Ba'athist regime in Syria - is also a Communist ally. In fact, it was in Syria that Hu Jintao himself smeared Israel as a "colonialist plot aimed at detaching from the Arab nation a part that is dear to it—Palestine." The CCP has also been there for the Iranian dictatorship in its quest for military hardware, missile technology, and nuclear weapons development. In fact, we now know the very uranium Iran recently enriched this past spring was sold to it by the CCP in the 1990s. The Communists have made no secret of their alliance with Tehran and Damascus, despite the continuing support the regimes have given to terrorists who kill Americans in Iraq and Israelis in Israel. The nuke-craving
regime of Stalinist North Korea is also a Communist satellite regime.
According to renowned Sinologist Willy Lam, the crisis over the North
Korean missile launch "confirmed that Beijing is more interested
in cementing its 'lips-and-teeth' alliance with Pyongyang than in
contributing to the worldwide campaign against the development of
weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by rogue regimes." I would also note that Kim Jong-il launched his missiles less than 24 hours after the Honorable David Kilgour gave Canadian television a preview of his July 6th report that confirms the crime of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners—quite a coincidence. Even the Taliban and al Qaeda have found a friendly reception in Beijing. We now know that Communist China laundered money for Osama bin Laden through its front companies in stock markets around the world. As for the Taliban, it signed an economic agreement with the Communists on the very morning of September 11, 2001—mere hours before the Pentagon was attacked and the World Trade Center fell. Why has Communist China sought alliances with the most vile and virulent terrorists on the face of the earth? Because they share two critical characteristics: hatred of America, and fear of democracy. The CCP is well aware what the Chinese people really think of it. It knows that it has lost nearly twelve million members to the truth. It knows that the democratic world shines as an example of what China could be without tyranny. This is an example with which the CCP cannot compare, thus the CCP must eliminate it. Is this a dangerous world? Yes it is, but it is not without hope. For this reality also means that the American and Chinese people are locked in a death struggle, but not against each other. They are joined in this battle, fighting together against the Chinese Communist Party. The American people see the Communist threat already; in time, they will realize that threat has merged with the threat from terrorism, and act accordingly. Before and when that day comes, I will do whatever I can to help the Chinese people take their country back. God Bless You and God Bless the American and Chinese peoples. Back U.S.
Asia Foundation Employee Arrested For Practicing Falun Gong Back On May 19, the Chinese Communist regime arrested Bu Dongwei a staff member of the Beijing office of the U.S. Asia Foundation and also a Falun Gong practitioner. According to a Falun Gong web site, Bu is now in Haidian detention center waiting for preliminary hearing. Bu's wife Lou Hongwei has written to the U.S. State Department asking for help. Bu's wife Lou has come to the U.S. to ask for assistance from the State Department and Asia Foundation headquarters. In a letter to the State Department, she indicated that there has been no news of her husband since his arrest. Family visits are forbidden. Lou said that a national security brigade of the Beijing Haidian district public security bureau took Bu Dongwei away over two months ago. According to reports on Falun Gong overseas website Minghui.net on July 25, Bu Dongwei is now in Beijing's Haidian detention center waiting for preliminary hearing. Lou's friend said that her husband was arrested because he was a Falun Gong practitioner. She said: "He works for the Beijing office of a U.S. international enterprise. He was arrested suddenly by the Chinese authorities over two months ago only because he was a Falun Gong practitioner." Bu was once sentenced to one year in a labor camp in the year 2000 for practicing Falun Gong. In her letter to the U.S. State Department, she indicated that in China, even the constitution is unable to protect anyone when it comes to Falun Gong. When a Falun Gong practitioner is arrested, there is no legal redress. The VOA reporter has contacted the U.S. embassy in Beijing and the U.S. State Department, but has not heard back so far. Back |
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