An open letter from the China Democratic League to Guo Wengui
Editor’s note:This is an open letter written by the Democratic League to Guo Wengui in June 2017. It is also the earliest and only open letter criticizing Guo Wengui published by a pro-democracy organization in the name of the organization so far. What needs to be emphasized is that the NLD issued the letter at a time when Guo Wengui had just debuted. With the reputation of a billionaire and the banner of the pro-democracy movement, on major social media, he was very likely to be able to unite the “world” and command the world with a single call. It took great courage and backbone for us to publish an open letter like that at that time. This very well reflects the spirit and character of our Chinese Democratic League, which is not afraid of power and dares to adhere to principles.
The following is the content of the text message:
Mr. Guo Wengui: Hello!
Recently, Mr. Hu Ping, the former chairman of the Chinese Democratic League, discussed your revelations as a public issue in the VOA interview program based on the host’s questions, and made a brief comment on your revelations and their effects with his usual rigorous logic and analysis methods. Here, although we understand that you are unhappy with Mr. Hu Ping’s words about whether your wife and daughter will arrive in the United States in May, we must emphasize that that is a misunderstanding of Hu Ping’s original intention. Looking at the talk show that day, the text report of the VOA editor is as follows: “Hu Ping said, generally speaking, I tend to believe that the Chinese Communist authorities made some concessions to Guo Wengui. He fled alone without his family. And he remained silent for a period of time because of the hostages. The CCP also knows that it does not treat every person considered dangerous. They can control it, but they know that any dangerous person can’t escape from the temple, so they can blackmail him by controlling his family or other parties. Through Guo Wengui’s several escalating revelations, we can think that the authorities are somewhat afraid of him, so it is possible to make concessions.” It can be seen that Hu Ping did not deny this, but affirmed it. This is Hu Ping’s original intention.
It is understandable that you are dissatisfied with Hu Ping out of misunderstanding. But in any case, you should not verbally abuse and personally attack Hu Ping, or even accuse Mr. Hu Ping of taking money from the CCP and working for the CCP. You may not know that as early as the late 1970s, Hu Ping devoted himself to the cause of freedom and democracy in China. For 40 years, it has remained the same. After coming overseas, Hu Ping served as chairman of the Chinese Democratic League for two terms. At the Fifth National Congress of the Democratic League held in June 1991, Hu Ping, who had resigned after his term expired, took the initiative to report two running accounts to the representatives. One was the economic status of his personal account, and the other was the statistics of various activities he participated in. Although the representatives did not ask Hu Ping to disclose his private financial status, they all praised him for this approach and also expressed their appreciation for the large amount of work he has done during his tenure. In response to Hu Ping’s contribution to the Democratic League, the Fourth Supervisory Committee of the Democratic League passed a resolution commending Hu Ping for his extensive work. Our friends in the overseas democracy movement have been in contact with Hu Ping for nearly 30 years. On this road of resisting tyranny and fighting for freedom, Hu Ping is our teacher and comrade-in-arms. We learn from his thoughts and understand his character. Just take a look at the grand occasion of Hu Ping’s 60th birthday party, and you can gauge our respect and trust in him. Hu Ping is an iconic figure in China’s democratic movement. We, friends of the overseas pro-democracy movement, share weal and woe with Hu Ping. Therefore, belittling, insulting, and doubting Hu Ping are naturally belittling, insulting, and doubting us. Of course Hu Ping can be criticized and opposed, but this will not affect our basic judgment and trust in him.
Therefore, we kindly remind Mr. Guo Wengui that he must not listen to partial beliefs without knowing the true facts; he must not use red hats and slander his character without any basis. This will not affect Hu Ping’s reputation, but it will affect your credibility. We hope Mr. Guo Wengui will make corrections.
Finally, I wish us success in helping each other and encouraging each other in the cause of “pushing down the wall”!
China Democratic Solidarity Alliance
Chairman Zhong Jinjiang and colleagues
2017-6-17