(2) Hold a seminar combining global networks and on-site activities, combining Taiwan, Hong Kong, Uygran, Tibetan, Mongolian, and Han to jointly oppose authoritarian dictatorship; (3) Hold protests in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in 2024, and arrange for the submission of a petition to the Chinese Embassy demanding the release of all political prisoners in China and the absence of political prisoners.
Seminar event dates: October 23-25, 2024.
Seminar venue: Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin Hotel Rossi, Lehrter Straße 66, 10557 Berlin
.Project organizer:Voice of Europe, project co-organizers: Headquarters of the China Democracy Party in the UK, China Democracy Front, Taiwan Democracy Foundation, China Democracy Party Overseas Committee.
Project organizers: Liao Tianqi (Vice Chairperson of PEN International Peace Committee, Honorary President of Independent Chinese PEN Association, Chairman of the Voice of Europe Council), Huang Ciping (Secretary-General of the Overseas Liaison Conference of the Chinese Democracy Movement), Wang Guanru (Chairman of the UK Headquarters of the China Democracy Party), Pan Yongzhong (Editor-in-Chief of Voice of Europe, Convener and Secretary-General of the Democratic China Front Headquarters), Wang Guoxing (Convener of the Democratic China Front Headquarters), Jiang Fuzhen (Secretary-General of the Overseas Committee of the China Democratic Party).
By combining traditional meetings with video conferencing, the atmosphere on site is lively and interactive with the cloud video venue, and through live broadcasting on YouTube, more ethnic groups and people pressured by the CCP’s dictatorship can participate. On October 25, from 10:00 to 12:00 p.m., a demonstration and protest (voluntary participation) were held in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin (Alexanderstraße u. Märkisches Ufer, 10179 Berlin).
Project Guiding Philosophy and Overall Background:
1. Human civilization faces challenges, and the decisive battle between democratic systems and autocratic dictatorship.
On March 5, 2024, the Communist Party of China’s “People’s Congress” reviewed and revised the “Organic Law of the State Council,” explicitly implementing Xi Jinping’s totalitarian rule, and, through legal provisions, weakening the State Council’s state administrative authority, making it subject to the General Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and unifying China. In short: dictatorial rule is legalized.
1. Thus, the restoration of imperial power in China was completed. China-U.S. relations continue to deteriorate, evolving from economic development competition to political system confrontation, namely the contest between authoritarianism and democracy.
2. Denying the universal values of Western ‘democracy, freedom, and human rights,’ and introducing the concept and model of a ‘civilized state,’ attempting to deny the international order and regulations established by post-World War II democracies in the US and Europe, denying the historical heritage of Western traditional religious culture and the Renaissance, and continuously expanding and promoting the Chinese model through the ‘Belt and Road.’
3. Here we quote Mr. Yan Jiaqi’s understanding of ‘ideology’: ‘Democracy, freedom, and human rights’ are universal values that are the consensus and foundation of human civilization, the crystallization of emotion, reason, and experience. Traditional religious culture, by promoting tolerant coexistence, can different religious beliefs and ethnic cultures only be alleviated under democratic politics, through the improvement of political systems and the tolerance of different parties. Using reason to control and resolve social contradictions and conflicts is the social coordination of modern civilization. Only constitutional democracy can be perfected and achieved at this level.
2. The CCP’s autocratic dictatorship runs without restraint, directly creating crises in the human world and undermining human civilization.
1. The CCP has issued a powerful military threat against Taiwan, creating a crisis of Taiwan’s sovereignty and security. In recent years, the Chinese government has pledged to “unify Taiwan” internationally, with PLA warships and aircraft continuously circling Taiwan for patrols and military exercises, clearly threatening to invade Taiwan with a large force, rendering the United Nations and international law virtually meaningless, shocking and angering the global democratic nations.
2. Destruction of democracy and the rule of law in Hong Kong, causing an institutional crisis: China’s “National People’s Congress” overrides the Basic Law, overriding the Basic Law’s authority and recently passing the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law in the third reading, severely undermining Hong Kong’s free legal order, ending “One Country, Two Systems,” and banning Hong Kong’s democracy.
3. Large-scale human rights persecution policies are implemented in Tibet, Xinjiang, Southern Mongolia, and other regions, promoting Xi Jinping’s so-called “New Era Ethnic Policy,” namely “forging a community with a shared future for the Chinese nation,” which deceives people, deceives, and steals fame. Its essence is to eliminate the language, culture, religion, and traditional customs of all ethnic groups. Under the name of ‘boarding schools,’ children of various ethnic groups are educated and assimilated. Ethnic youths who complete their studies are dispatched to various provinces and regions to work, implementing, implementing, and enforcing the assimilation policies of the whole society.
4. In China, autocratic dictatorship is implemented, with people enslaved under political oppression, becoming slaves without freedom and human rights. The entire country is dictated by one person, and silence is achieved. Cases of being punished for speech and imprisoned for literary use are common; Chinese democrats, rights defenders, and religious figures are forcibly suppressed at the bottom of society. The CCP is the root cause of turmoil in China and the world.
3. Only when coerced nations stand together with the camp of democratic countries and unite can they jointly confront and restrain China’s authoritarian and authoritarian bullying. In short, three sentences:
1. Adhere to the original intention of the democracy movement, resolutely oppose the Communist and anti-authoritarian policies. China’s democracy movement is a democratic transformation project in Chinese society that requires the participation and involvement of all citizens. We must actively cooperate with the global Chinese democracy movement to take action. Travelers will arrive thousands of miles away.
2. China’s democracy movement must stand with the global democratic camp, unswervingly cooperate with international forces of justice, and jointly conquer the last stronghold of humanity’s authoritarian group—overthrowing the CCP’s dictatorship and promoting and advancing China’s democratic transformation.
3. This year, Wei Jingsheng, Wang Dan, and Wang Juntao established the ‘National Affairs Conference,’ which has coordinated strategies, methods, and operations for the democracy movement. Voice of Europe will actively cooperate with this to standardize, scale, systematize, and globally popularize China’s democracy movement.
Main topics of the seminar:
1. The characteristics of totalitarian dictatorship in the new era of the Chinese Communist Party, and exploration and reflection on social issues in mainland China.
2. Hong Kong has passed Article 23 of the Basic Law, and the liberal legal order will continue to deteriorate.
3. China’s military continues to threaten Taiwan. How can we, together with the international community, support, support, and promote the sovereignty and security of Taiwan’s democratic country?
4. China’s autocratic system and elite economy hindered and restricted China’s democratization process.
5. How can we collaborate with human rights organizations in Tibet, Uyghur, and Southern Mongolia to carry out an annual series of support and solidarity?
6. How do global media form and implement cooperative alliances?
Key participating guests included: Wei Jingsheng (Chairman of the China Democracy Movement Liaison Conference – USA), Wang Dan (Leader of the 1989 student movement – USA), representative Hsieh Chih-Wei (Taiwan), Reinhard Bütikov (Reinhard Bütikofer, German Green Party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, German Co-Chair of the Taiwan-Germany Civil Forum and former convener of the European Parliament’s China Relations Group – Germany), Pastor Roland Kune (Roland). Kühne-Germany), Hu Ping (Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Beijing Spring—USA), Xi Haiming (Chairman of the Southern Mongolia People’s Party – Germany), Gesang Jiancan (Central Tibet Administrative Representative to Taiwan—Taipei), Jürgen Kahl (China Expert and Journalist—Germany), Wang Juntao (Chairman of the National Committee of the China Democratic Party – USA), Christoph Müller–Hofstede (China Expert), Envy Enver Can (Chairman of the Iliham Association), Peter Schier (Political Scientist), Sabine Peschel (writer and journalist), Jiang Yang Ciren (Editor-in-Chief of the official Chinese website of the Central Tibetan Administration ‘Tibet Page’ and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and News’ bimonthly ‘Tibet Correspondence’ – India), Wang Guanru (Chairman of the UK Headquarters of the China Democratic Party – UK), Wang Weiluo (Water Conservancy Expert – Germany), Marie Hou Zhiming ( Holzman, French sinologist and writer – France), Liufang (French Radio journalist – France), Cai Mingda (member of the UK Preparatory Group of the “Hong Kong Parliament” – UK), Ho Ka-chih (member of the UK Preparatory Group of the “Hong Kong Parliament” – UK), Chen Weijian (Editor-in-Chief of Beijing Spring – New Zealand), Chang Ping (columnist for Deutsche Welle – Germany), Wang Jinzhong (Convener of the Civil Human Rights Front headquarters – Japan), Li Hengqing (1989 pro-democracy student leader, co-founder of the Washington Potomac Cultural Salon – USA), Chen Liqun (Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the China Democracy Party – USA), Sanjiejia (Chinese Affairs Liaison Officer in Switzerland), Wang Guoxing (Convener of the Democratic China Front Headquarters – Netherlands), Liang Youcan (Convener of the Democratic China Front Headquarters – Australia), Song Shuyuan (Convener of the Democratic China Front Headquarters – USA), Chen Zhonghe (Chairman of the Overseas Committee of the China Democracy Party – Netherlands), Jiang Fuzhen (Secretary-General of the Overseas Committee of the China Democracy Party – Netherlands), Huang Hua (Advisor to the UK Headquarters of the China Democracy Party – UK), Umit Hamit (Chairman of the Uyghur Forum), among others. Total number of participants at the seminar: about 50 at the on-site venue, about 50 at the video venue, totaling over 100 people. The more participants in the live broadcast, the better.
Reposted from Voice of Europe