SAN DIEGO—San Diegans came together on Saturday, June 23 in Balboa Park to celebrate the 23 million Chinese people who've resigned from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
People from all walks of life gathered in front of the lily pond to support the historic event. Among them were members from the Global Service Center of Quitting the Communist Party (GSCQCP), students, professors, Chinese immigrants, and human rights activists.
La Mesa Mayor Art Madrid, sent a letter in support of the event. The letter was read to the participants and said in part, "It is commendable that such a large number of individuals are seeking their rights, freedom and dignity and your celebration provides essential moral support. The principles on which America was founded are not just hollow words, they guarantee a free, healthy and open society. Communism suppresses those Principles. A new China must allow freedom of speech, thoughts, ideas, and an open democratic society."
Some speakers related their personal experiences growing up in Mainland China and others spoke about the importance of this event for the world and discussed some of the recent occurrences in China, in hopes of raising public awareness.
Ms. Ming Chen of San Diego related her feelings in Chinese. "While the world is deeply disappointed with the CCP's disregard for human life and human values, there is hope. The hope lies in the Chinese people, like the 23 million who have already quit the party. They have realized that the corruption and moral decay of the CCP is destroying China, and that quitting the CCP is the only hope."
A representative of the GSCQCP, Ms. Shawn Young, said, "To recount, with the Eastern European Communist party, only 200,000 of the 2.4 million members had withdrawn before it fell. Also in the Soviet Union, 4.2 million of the 20 million party members had withdrawn when it collapsed. Now, with the CCP, 23 million of the 67 million people have withdrawn. This is history in the making."
Along the grass strips next to El Prado were posters recounting the history and crimes of the Chinese communist regime, and passersby stopped to read them, including Judy Balogh, who said she'd learned of the CCP's illegal trade of human organs a few years ago. She said she always makes a point to keep the Chinese people in her prayers. "It's almost hard to comprehend that this is what they've been doing to human beings," said Balogh, "When I saw this display today I thought, praise God, they're telling the world. Somebody is being told about this."
People stopped to listen to the presentations, while others sat quietly on the grass for the duration of the event. "It seems like a huge, mass industrious machine going on in China right now, where the people are just like cogs that push the machine," said Shondra Mirelle, who witnessed the event. "But if there is not enough 'oil,' or passion or belief and faith, then that machine is going to break down, and that seems like what's happening now."
Dr. David Gao, president of the GSCQCP, discussed the current state of the "Quit the Party" movement, or Tuidang, as it is known in Chinese. The GSCQCP is an international organization of volunteers that receives an average of 30,000 resignations from CCP members every day via email, fax, post and telephone.
According to Gao, "Many of the highest ranking members of the CCP know that Communism is just like an empty bubble, and its philosophy is evil. It's based on fighting; fighting with heaven, fighting with the earth, and fighting each other. It has died in the hearts of the Chinese people, and we've even received calls from many high-ranking officers who've stated their resignations. They've realized that Communism has no future."
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