Washington DC: Chinese Rally on April 11 to Support 71 Million Leaving Chinese Communist Party

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)
www.realcourage.org/2010/04/dc-china-rally/

On April 11, 2010, supporters of human freedom will join together at Washington DC’s Freedom Plaza to recognize the growing movement of Chinese citizens in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that have left the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as their rejection of Communist totalitarianism.  The movement known as the Tuidang and Quit CCP movement states that over 71 million Chinese people have chosen to leave the CCP since December 2004.

Chinese-Americans and their supporters will gather at the Washington DC Freedom Plaza, which is located on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, between 13th Street and 14th Streets NW. from 2 to 4 PM on Sunday, April 11 to recognize and show solidarity with the Chinese people that seek to embrace freedom.

The Tuidang movement or “Quit the Party” movement has seen an increasing wave of resignations from those that now publicly reject Communist totalitarianism in the PRC.  The Tuidang movement calls upon the Chinese people to resign their memberships in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), so that Chinese people in the PRC will have an opportunity for political and human freedom.  Resignations include the statement that “I declare that I solemnly denounce the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations.”

On its Facebook page, Tuidang states that “As of 06/04/10 [April 6, 2010] – 71,146,636 people have submitted statements withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party or its affiliated organizations. Those who are current members of the CCP or its affiliated organizations are with these statements resigning their membership; former members use these statements to sever all association with these organizations. All are renouncing the CCP totally.”  The “Quit CCP” web page states that this number of those resigning from the CCP continues to grow.  The “Quit CCP” web site also lists the individual statements of some of those who have resigned from the CCP.  In challenging Communist totalitarianism, the Epoch Times reports on “Nine Commentaries” that justify the reason for Chinese people leaving the CCP.

In February 2009, Epoch Times reported that 50 million Chinese people had resigned from the CCP.  In January 2010, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)’s Jeffrey Imm met with Chinese freedom fighter Lisa Tao at a Chinese cultural event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and she told him that she was daily calling up people in China and giving them the courage to resign from the CCP.  As of January 2010, R.E.A.L. reported that “Quit CCP” stated that 66 million had resigned from the CCP.

On January 5, 2010, NDTV reported that a former CCP director, Zhang Kaichen, came to America and publicly resigned from the CCP, stating: “”Today I am reborn. I come across the ocean, and solemnly declare to the world that, from today on, I will make a clean break from the evil Chinese Communist Party.”  NDTV reported that “Zhang Kaichen is the former Director of the Liaison Branch of the Propaganda Department of the Shenyang CCP Committee in China’s Liaoning Province.”

Now the Tuidang and “Quit CCP” web sites state that, as of April 2010, over 71 million had resigned from the CCP.  Chinese Americans and their supporters seek to show their solidarity in America’s capital, Washington DC, on April 11, 2010, to let those continuing to struggle against Communist totalitarianism that they stand in unity and in support of their efforts.

Rally Logistics:

– Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010
– Time: 2 to 4 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time
– Location: Freedom Plaza, Washington DC, 20004 – on Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 13th and 14th Streets NW

The Freedom Plaza in Washington DC is named in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., who worked on his “I Have a Dream” speech in the nearby Willard Hotel. In 1988, a time capsule containing a Bible, a robe, and other relics of King’s was planted at the site.

Directions:

– Map Showing Location of Freedom Plaza in Washington DC

– Street Level Photographic View of Freedom Plaza Area

– Washington DC Metro Subway Stop: Metro Center (Central Station – for Red, Blue, Orange Lines)
— Washington DC Metro Subway Planner Tool

Walking Directions for Metro Center Subway:
– Metro Center Metro Station to Pennsylvania Ave NW & 14th St NW:
1. Exit station through 13TH ST NW & G ST NW entrance.
2. Walk approx. 1 block S on 13th St NW.
3. Turn right on Pennsylvania Ave NW.
4. Walk approx. 1 block W on Pennsylvania Ave NW.

– Parking lots: the nearby National Theater reports the following parking lot areas include:
– PMI
— 1220 E Street, NW – Enter on E Street between 12th and 13th Streets
— 424 11th Street, NW
— 1325 G Street, NW – Enter on G Street between 13th and 14th Streets
– QUICK PARK
— 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW – Enter on 13th Street between E and F Streets

– Freedom Plaza is an open air plaza which is in front of The National Theater, whose address is 1321 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004.  Directions to Freedom Plaza are essentially not much different than going to the front of the National Theater (National Theater driving directions, street map of area, parking directions, Metro directions).

Additional Resources:

Report on April 11 Rally in Google-based Simplified Chinese Language Translation

Tuidang Web Site – Chinese Language

Tuidang Facebook Page – English Language

Quit CCP Web Site – English Language

Nine Commentaries on CCP – English Language

January 5, 2010 – NDTV: Former Chinese Official Renounces Communist Party Membership

January 4, 2010 – R.E.A.L. Report on Philadelphia Chinese Cultural Event and Quit CCP Movement

October 21, 2009: An underground challenge to China’s status quo – by Caylan Ford

July 20, 2009 – Tuidang campaign is most successful civil rights movement in China

February 24, 2009 – Epoch Times:  The Dawn of a New China – 50 million Chinese withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party

Communist China: Newspaper Suspended for Showing Anti-Communist Party Slogan on Front Page

R.E.A.L. Postings on Totalitarianism

January 15, 2010 – R.E.A.L. Report on Shen Yun: Performing for Human Rights and Freedom in China

January 28, 2010 – R.E.A.L. Report – Chinese Cultural Performing Arts Urges Americans to “Take a Stand” on Human Rights