Freeing China from Disaster

Sichuan, China and Flushing, New York may seem far apart, but events this past weekend showed them to be closely connected.

In the streets of Flushing, on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday a large group of Chinese were organized by the Chinese regime to insult, curse, intimidate, and even beat those who had come there peacefully to encourage the Chinese people to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Chinese-language media that are either owned or influenced by the CCP covered the events on Saturday and reported that those who had rallied on behalf of quitting the CCP "did not care about the earthquake victims" and "did not love China."

The disastrous Sichuan earthquake poses great dangers for the CCP. The earthquake has unleashed in the Chinese people strong feelings of patriotism—not the hyped up over-the-top nationalism the CCP manufactures when it wants to put pressure on Japan or the U.S., but genuine love of country inspired by concern over the suffering of fellow Chinese.

China quite unexpectedly awakened. The CCP has never allowed an independent civil society to exist and has encouraged getting rich to the exclusion of all else, including caring for one's fellow man. Yet, of their own initiative individuals drove fleets of SUVs filled with aid to the quake epicenter and shipped heavy equipment to the disaster area in order to save lives. Those who could not help directly hung on every newscast for reports from the quake area.

With over a week having passed since the earthquake, the hopes of finding survivors have almost disappeared. And with pictures being passed around all of China showing CCP administrative buildings standing erect without a visible crack next to demolished school buildings in which much of a generation perished, the generous impulses unleashed by the earthquake may now take surprising new directions.

The desire to save fellow Chinese from disaster may now express itself in uncomfortable questions about what made that disaster possible.

The regime-sponsored riot in Flushing with its carefully arranged media coverage is meant to channel the deep feelings still coming to the surface against those dissidents who would dare to challenge the CCP.

Whether such a cheap propaganda trick can fool the Chinese people remains to be seen. Consideration of the disaster in Sichuan, though, does provide the Chinese people the chance to understand the disasters they are suffering.

The Many Unexplainable "Whys"

While a natural disaster, the earthquake brought calamity because of human errors. These human errors are not technical in nature. They are related to the issue of the CCP's power. The CCP put concerns for its own power before the requirements for disaster rescue.

Why didn't the CCP investigate when signs of an earthquake were first reported, but instead jumped at discrediting the information as rumors? The Sichuan government even investigated the "rumor" and publicly "dismissed the rumor" on its official website.

Why did China claim over ten years ago to have an all-weather airdrop force of over 10,000, yet no air drops were performed in the three days after the earthquake?

Why, in the critical 72 hours after the earthquake, did only 20 military jet-planes and less than 1,000 soldiers enter the epicenter in Wenchuan County?

Why did the CCP wait until the fourth day after the earthquake to bring in the world's largest all-weather jet planes that can carry engineering equipment?

Why at the crucial juncture of the emergency rescue of heaven-bestowed human lives did the CCP refuse the entry of foreign rescue teams?

Why have so many innocent children died or been injured in the collapse of their school buildings, while regime buildings are standing safely?

Why does the Olympics have a budget of over 400 billion Yuan (US$57.4 billion), surpassing the grand total of all previous Olympic games, while the CCP is so careful with money in saving people in disasters?

Why has the CCP issued orders to maintain positive propaganda, instead of reflecting the true suffering of the people in the disaster-hit area?

The Same Tragedy Repeats

All Chinese have the right to ask these questions out of sympathy for the dead and concern for those suffering disaster. In China, the regime monopolizes the bulk of society's resources, and thus private mobilization is extremely limited in resources and ability to assist in disaster relief. People have good reasons for demanding the regime assume responsibility.

When the regime is so incapable, people have the right to criticize and condemn. Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering in a disaster, yet the authorities are shamelessly boasting.

This is definitely not the time for people to show tolerance or sing eulogies to those who are responsible. On the contrary, when disaster strikes, this is the time people should monitor, criticize, and correct any problems, making accountable those who are responsible.

Otherwise, how can we face those sorrowful souls whose lives could have been saved? How can we avoid future calamities? Our patriotic feelings and sympathy for the dead should by no means be equated as indulgence for the incapable and inhumane CCP regime.

The Chinese leader Wen Jiabao knows clearly that "It is the people who are nurturing you." But as the premier, Wen Jiabao could not mobilize the army quickly enough for disaster rescue and could not gain approval for his proposal of requesting foreign rescue teams.

We are without doubt facing CCP authorities who take life extremely carelessly and are selfish to the extreme. All they know is how to claim achievements and how to pretend. The corruption and decadence of the CCP power cannot be rectified by Hu Jintao (the head of the CCP) and Wen Jiabao, no matter what their personal intentions might be.

The CCP's inability, shamelessness, and lack of conscience did not just show up in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake. From the Tangshan earthquake 32 years ago (in which an estimated 250,000 died) to the SARS epidemic five years ago to this year's snow storm, the CCP has covered up the truth and neglected life every time disaster has come.

The same tragedy repeats itself over and over. How long will people continue to be fooled by the CCP and continue to follow the CCP blindly?

The Disaster of Persecution

The CCP shows the same inhumanity toward healthy Chinese as it does in its boastful insincerity toward earthquake victims.

The history of the CCP is permeated with the misery of the Chinese people. In the consecutive political persecutions that have lasted till now, over half of the Chinese population has suffered suppression at one time or another by the CCP.

Even while the rescue of earthquake victims is on-going, the CCP has still continued the arrest of innocent appellants, those who dare to speak the facts, and religious groups.

The most outrageous of these is the persecution toward Falun Gong, which has lasted for 9 years.

The righteous beliefs of millions of Falun Gong practitioners have been suppressed. Hundreds of millions of family members and relatives of Falun Gong practitioners are involved. Tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners are sent to labor camps or sentenced to long jail terms. Several million families of Falun Gong practitioners are distorted or broken.

Because of the CCP's blockade on information, the real picture of the persecution is still not known. But from the limited information we do know, the evilness and extent of the persecution is clear.

By March 2008, 3,145 Falun Gong practitioners have been reported dead with their names, personal information, and details of their deaths recorded. From sources inside the CCP, those who have been beaten to death are said to number over 10,000. In addition, tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners are believed to have died due to organ harvesting, which is still ongoing.

In the history of China, when a natural disaster would come, the emperor would repent, reflect on his own conduct, and then issue a document reproaching what he had done wrong.

Yet, with natural disasters piled upon the grievances of the Chinese people, we have never seen the CCP repent and reflect. What we do see is the CCP continuing to cover up its criminal deeds and continuing to commit crimes that offend both gods and humans.

If the emperors were right, and crime brings disaster, how many disasters has the CCP brought to the Chinese people? How many disasters will it continue to bring?

Cleaning the Heart

2008 has been an unusual year for China. Since New Years day, disasters have come one after another. How to avoid even larger disasters is a problem to which all should pay attention.

Undoubtedly, the CCP does not care about this problem. The CCP only cares about its power and interests. Kind-hearted people should not count on the CCP to become a savior. What is really effective is to save oneself.

In this Sichuan earthquake, a nongovernmental rescue team including 120 people and 60 pieces of large scale rescue equipment arrived at the center of the quake in 36 hours and conducted large-scale rescue work. Their efficiency and speed far surpassed that of the regime's teams. Chinese military experts highly praised their swiftness.

This fully demonstrates that the Chinese people are capable and wise. Without the CCP's corrupt rule, the Chinese people could do things better. The premier of China would not be so helpless and the Chinese people would not be so miserable.

While we are mourning the dead, we cannot forget how to help those who are alive. By quitting the CCP and restoring a society that is humane, responsible, and compassionate, the Chinese people will help to avoid disasters. This will be beneficial to all the Chinese people.

For this reason, we truly thank those who are working hard to call for righteousness and kindness, to spread truth, and to help the Chinese to quit from the CCP.

In order to deceive the Chinese people, the CCP has compiled various rumors. However, for those who have learned the truth and have quit the CCP, they will not retreat. Instead, there will be more Chinese who will quit from the CCP.

We hope more Chinese see through the nature of the CCP and withdraw from it. At this time of relieving the people in earthquake-stricken areas, we should also conduct a rescue of souls. Cleaning the poisons of the CCP from the heart is the fundamental way to be free of disaster.