On March 27, the number of people who resigned from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Youth League exceeded 500,000. During the next five days approximately 100,000 more people issued statements of resignation from the Chinese Communist Party. As of April 1, number of resignations from the CCP and its related organizations on the Epoch Times tuidang website (http://tuidang.epochtimes.com) surpassed 600,000. The Epoch Times’ publication of “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party”, which criticizes the Communist Party’s century of evil, directly prompted the huge tide of resignations from CCP.

Simultaneously, Mainland China’s television was interrupted by a broadcast of a video program introducing the “Nine Commentaries” for third time. Two previous broadcasts had taken place on March 14 and March 17. Currently, CCP officials have not said anything regarding this.

Jinan Television Interrupted to Broadcast “Nine Commentaries”

Starting 8:30 PM on March 29, daily programs of many television stations in Jinan city of Shandong province were interrupted to broadcast the movie “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party,” which calls for people of conscience to resign from the CCP. Since the evening is a popular time for people to watch soap operas, many people were able to watch the broadcast of the “Nine Commentaries”.

According to Minghui.Net’s news from China, Jinan residents reported that the program lasted for more than ten minutes. Some Jinan television viewers who have already read the “Nine Commentaries” wish to salute those who broadcasted the program.

Half a month ago, the “Nine Commentaries” was broadcast on television twice. The first broadcast was on March 14, the same day as the two conferences of the CCP. Meanwhile, the “Nine Commentaries” program was broadcast on a Jiangsu satellite television station, a Sichuan cable television station, New East, one CCTV channel, Heilongjiang, Anhui, and eight other provinces’ television stations.

The second broadcast took place on the evening of March 17, and had a broader scope of broadcast; it was broadcast on the television stations of nine provinces, including Anhui, Shandong, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, etc. The “Nine Commentaries” was also broadcasted on CCTV channel 9, an English program, sports programs of CCTV channel 5, Hubei, Tianjin, and 12 other frequently watched satellite programs. An estimated 100 to 200 million viewers were able to see the program.

Continuous appearance of the “Nine Commentaries” on television has facilitated its widespread in Mainland China. It is reported that after the first broadcast, television stations of various provinces and cities nationwide were required to be on duty 24 hours a day to “watch” television, cut off any different signals, and be guarded against any “Nine Commentaries” movements on a larger scale.

“Nine Commentaries” Spreads Through the Mainland and Impacts the Army

Besides television broadcasts, the “Nine Commentaries” mainly entered China through overseas Internet sites, then passed around in private among the various social strata. Recently, resignation statements from the CCP have appeared on the streets and public corridors in cities of Jilin and Dalian, which attracted interests of the local people.

It is reported that the “Nine Commentaries” has not only spread among the common people, but also massively spread among the national troops and has impacted the army. Mr. Lin Zhengyang, who currently resides in Seattle, was a soldier in the East China Sea Fleet during the 80’s and organized the “Overseas Retired Chinese Servicemen Association” in New York in 1992. During an interview with a CCP resignation service center, Mr. Lin stated that most armed forces have Internet bars and military officers all have their own computers. Members of the cadre all have emails, and soldiers often receive overseas mail. The soldiers circulate the “Nine Commentaries” among each other and secretly discuss the history of the communist armies. At present, the “Nine Commentaries” is spreading widely among China’s army forces and is greatly impacting the army.