—Written on the eve of the April 23 grand parade

By Yu Linyi, via The Epoch Times, May 01, 2005-

For more than a century, China has lingered in her journey towards democracy. Chinese people still live under a dictatorship rule. In retrospect, the journey has been a history full of hardships and misery. We have to face the fact that Chinese people are still living difficult lives. For a long time now, how to change the status quo has been a topic of our era. Today, this topic is placed right in front of us, waiting for our response.

The realization of China’s democratization appears to be very remote and vague to many people. To a great extent, misunderstanding about the nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) might be the reason. Many people still hold illusions that the CCP will one day repair its blotched track record by devoting itself to peaceful reforms. However, the CCP has never reacted positively to such anticipation. In order to change people’s notions and understandings about the CCP and to help China’s transition to become a society free from autocratic governance at this critica moment, the Epoch Times published “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party” (Nine Commentaries in short hereafter). Since its publication, the Nine Commentaries has triggered tens of thousands of withdrawals from the CCP among Chinese people. The impact will accelerate the extinction of the CCP’s autocracy and the democratization of China.

Looking back at the evolution of China’s democratization reveals that China’s historic course is a repeated confrontation between democratic revolution and despotic restoration. In his book "Who is the New China," Xin Haonian, a historian, has critically examined China’s modern history. He mentions several key events that happened in China within the last years of the Qing Dynasty and 1949, including the Revolution of 1911, the victory of the military Northern Expedition in 1928 and the establishment of the Communist regime in 1949.

The Revolution of 1911 established a democratic regime, the Republic of China, and terminated the feudal autocracy that had existed in China for several thousand years. Soon afterwards, Yuan Shikai stole this victory in an attempt to restore the monarchy. However, history didn’t allow Yuan Shikai to do so. Under punitive condemnation by the entire nation, Yuan died in despair. After Yuan’s death, China was plagued by constant battles between warlords. Not until the military Northern Expedition led by Chiang Kai-shek achieved ultimate success in 1928 did this democratic regime accomplish unification. Nevertheless, China’s history was destined to have difficulties and setbacks.

Due to the infiltration of Marxism and Leninism, many Chinese people committed themselves to a struggle for communistic autocracy. Fueled by the invasion of other countries, the majority of Chinese had become followers of the Communist group by the end of the War of Resistance against Japan in 1945. The Republic of China eventually lost its sovereignty in Mainland China after a three-year-long civil war. The establishment of the Chinese Communist regime in 1949 marked the despotic restoration of communism. Living under the tyrannical rule of communism, which is equivalent to a modern version of feudalism, Chinese people became slaves.

Chinese people suffered tremendously from enslavement and suppression under the CCP’s dictatorship. The CCP has instigated many political movements and engaged in wars against neighboring countries in its attempts to maintain its tyrannical rule by violence. In addition, the CCP’s autocratic regime has also monopolized its ideology - conventional Chinese culture was completely destroyed and Chinese history was distorted and tampered with. Other than violence, the only basis for the CCP’s rule has been lies.

In the 1980’s a small number of political leaders who had liberal thoughts and yearned for democracy and freedom finally appeared in China. Hu Yaobang, general secretary from 1980-1987, was relatively liberal and Zhao Ziyang, Premier from 1983-1987, held ideals close to democracy. However, Deng Xiaoping, Chairman from 1983-1990, was extremely conservative in terms of politics. The economic reforms of the 1980’s polarized the rich and poor. To adapt to this economic development, corresponding reforms were needed in the political system. However, Deng had no intention of implementing political reforms. The sudden death of Hu Yaobang in 1989 lit the fuse that detonated the democratic movement. From April 15, 1989, the date of Hu’s death, to June 3 of the same year, the course of China’s history was torn between the patriotic democratic movement and autocracy.

The democratic movement of 1989 imposed a serious challenge to the CCP’s autocracy even though it assumed the form of peace throughout its entire course. Nevertheless, the CCP did not want to relinquish its political power. In order to continue its autocratic rule, the CCP resorted to military force and a bloody suppression of the civil movement on June 4, 1989. The democratic movement ended in failure. This day nailed the CCP’s wicked autocracy to the historic post of shame forever.

Although the reasons for the failure of the democratic movement may have been quite intricate, the fundamental reason was the public’s immense illusion about the CCP. It believed the CCP would yield to social pressure and start political reforms. However, people underestimated the audacity of the CCP. The final outcome was far from what they thought it would be.

After the massacre of June 4, 1989, the Chinese communist regime adopted the policy that “Stability outweighs everything” and began eradicating all “unstable factors” at their fledging stage. Ten years later, on July 20, 1999, in order to ensure “stability,” then-President Jiang Zemin and the Chinese communist regime collaborated and exploited each other, utilizing their national violence machine to carry out a brutal suppression of Falun Gong, a meditation practice that teaches truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.

It has been six years since the occurrence of the “April 25 Event” in 1999, when 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealed to Beijing authorities for an end to their mistreatment. During the past six years, nearly 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death, tens of thousands have been illegally sent to forced labor camps, and innumerable families have been torn apart. This relentless suppression against Falun Gong is ongoing in China today.

The main force of the Chinese democratic campaign has moved overseas since the “June 4th Massacre.” However, the organization of the overseas democratic campaign has been in such extreme disorder that it has not been able to contend with the CCP’s autocracy. The lack of unified guiding principles and coordinated actions in the democratic campaign has rendered the CCP capable of doing whatever it desires under the mask of economic growth. As the democratic campaign lies in a recessive phase, people are in urgent need of an effective means to promote the democratization of China. With such background, The Epoch Times news group, headquartered in New York, published an epochal book, Nine Commentaries, in November 2004.

It is a shocking book, as it has been recognized as that which has triggered the disintegration of the CCP. For the first time ever, the Nine Commentaries provides a thorough criticism and revelation about the nature of the CCP from all angles of history and reality. The vicious nature of the CCP has been fully exposed. People have begun to recognize the CCP’s nature, which they didn’t have a chance to understand well for decades. After so many years of endeavors, a critical moment for China’s democratization has finally arrived. People will fully understand the wicked nature of the CCP through reading the Nine Commentaries.

The publication of the Nine Commentaries has profound meaning for the progress of China’s democratization. It is embodied in several aspects as follows:

Firstly, people will abandon all illusions that they may hold about the CCP after reading the Nine Commentaries. That is, no longer will they have a hallucination that the CCP might take China onto the journey of democratization through political reforms. It is absolutely impossible that the CCP will implement democratic constitutional reforms. Instead, the CCP has to rely on national terrorism to secure its power. The CCP has to resort to violent suppression as long as its autocracy is threatened. From the “June 4th massacre,” to the persecution against Falun Gong, to the slaughter of the farmers in Hanyuan who held a peaceful demonstration, these occasions represent a continuous manifestation of the CCP’s terrorism. China’s democratization cannot rely on the CCP’s political reforms. On the contrary, only other approaches can truly bring China towards democracy.

Secondly, many more Chinese people will withdraw from the CCP and all of the affiliated organizations after they understand the CCP’s nature after reading the Nine Commentaries. The withdrawal from the communist party has become one of the forms that will lead to the CCP’s extinction. This vicious regime comprises seventy million CCP members and many other essential elements including violence. Among them, the most important element is the party members. The CCP regime cannot survive without party members. Withdrawing from the CCP is one of the peaceful ways to eradicate the CCP. To a certain extent, it can avoid a possible upheaval in China if the CCP were overthrown by a violent revolution. At a time when world peace becomes a common appeal, it would be ideal if China could transition to a non-communist society through peaceful processes such as in the former Soviet Union. The democratization of China is promising only after the communist party disappears in China. At present, more than one million people have withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The number is increasing.

Thirdly, through the propagation of the Nine Commentaries worldwide, the Chinese communist regime will be isolated from the international community as many countries start to understand the nature of the CCP. Up to now, the Nine Commentaries has been translated into more than a dozen languages and published around the world. Many state heads have read it. There has never been a book that is as lethal to the CCP as the Nine Commentaries.

Fourthly, the Nine Commentaries will integrate all of the democratic forces. Some may consider this statement as merely an exaggeration, but the reality is that the democratic forces need to be re-united indeed. The Nine Commentaries may make the democratic advocates re-investigate the forms of China’s democratization. There are only three approaches for China’s democratization, that is, non-violent revolution, violent revolution, and a combination of the two. The failure of the June 4th democratic movement in 1989 has, to a certain extent, illustrated that a pure non-violent revolution, especially one without vision, doesn’t work. On the other hand, some believe that China will still resume autocracy if the CCP regime is toppled by a violent revolution. To prevent similar situations from happening, a top priority in order to achieve an immediate victory for the democratic revolution will be the establishment of a political framework for modern democracy. Based on this, people’s thoughts can be subsequently changed and gradually converted to modern democratic thoughts. Revolution is also one of the forms for China to adopt democracy. Abandoning the rights of revolution is equivalent to abandoning everything.

The wave of party withdrawals brought about by the Nine Commentaries will bring tremendous influence to the democratization of China. At this time with the number of people withdrawing from the CCP reaching one million, more than 150 organizations are holding a joint democratic march in New York on April 23 to voice their support. In addition to the grand parade in New York, Chinese people and democratic movement organizations around the world will also hold synchronous activities. We herein would like to deliver our sincere wishes to the success of these activities.

The totalitarian regime of the CCP should not underestimate the wave of party withdrawals aroused by the Nine Commentaries. What the CCP is facing now is an unprecedented challenge. “The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountains.” The time is at the eve of a revolution for China now. The disintegration and collapse of the Chinese communist regime is just around the corner. The path of China’s democratization has reached a new starting point. All Chinese should be prepared for the upcoming revolution.


Yu Linyi
April 23, 2005

- Source: The Epochtimes