Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping will go to San Francisco from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17 to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden and attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the Chinese communist regime’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Nov. 10.
It will be Mr. Xi’s first visit to the United States in six years.
At the same time, more than 100 rights groups in the United States are preparing for the largest protests against the CCP and Mr. Xi during his visit.
On Nov. 7, 59 human rights organizations issued an open letter calling on President Biden to prioritize human rights issues during his discussions with Mr. Xi. They demanded the release of prisoners of conscience, such as Peng Lifa, Xu Zhiyong, Ding Jiaxi, and Jimmy Lai and urged the CCP to stop violating human rights and forced disappearances of Chinese citizens.
“The information we have received is that Xi Jinping may arrive in San Francisco on the evening of Nov. 14,“ Jie Lijian, head of the anti-communist activities in Los Angeles and CEO of the China Democratic National Joint Headquarters, told The Epoch Times on Nov. 10.”The several highways and roads to San Francisco International Airport have already been temporarily controlled in these few days.”
Videos on social media show that homeless people have been cleared from the streets near the CCP’s consulate in San Francisco, while fences more than six feet tall have been put up to prevent protesters from getting into the streets.
“Xi Jinping is very likely to pass by there. If there is a chance, we are ready to intercept Xi Jinping’s special vehicle to show our strongest protest,” Mr. Jie said. “Because many petitioners, including many like me, have suffered the loss of family members and families being destroyed by human rights abuses, and we are very angry. We do not welcome human rights violators visiting the United States. I think this is a betrayal of human rights and a discredit to the democratic and free system.”
On Nov. 11, various anti-communist groups in Los Angeles held a press conference to protest against the tyranny of the CCP and Mr. Xi’s visit to the United States.
The organizers of this event in Los Angeles include China Democracy Party, Los Angeles China Democracy Platform, Liberty Sculpture Park and Chinese Women’s Rights, Tibetan independence organizations, and more than 10 human rights organizations, such as the Tibetan Association of Southern California and the Los Angeles branch of the Myanmar Democratic League Movement.
“On Nov. 14, we will hold an English press conference to call on Chinese across China to revolt, and we will also sign a denunciation to remove Xi Jinping,” Mr. Jie said.
“This will be the largest overseas protest against the CCP. Not only people from Los Angeles and San Francisco, but also from New York, Washington D.C., Seattle, Denver, Chicago, and other places have come one after another to protest. There are about 100 groups and organizations.”
They include the China Democracy Party, China Ethnic Education Foundation, Humane China, China Human Rights, China Alliance for Democracy and Human Rights, and the Democratic Front in the United States, as well as democratic and human rights groups for Tibet, Hong Kong, Vietnam, the Philippines, and other regions.
CCP Pays Overseas Chinese to Welcome Xi
The CCP’s consulates in San Francisco and Los Angeles are calling on Chinese organizations in the United States, such as Chinese university alumni associations and Chinese students and scholars associations, to participate in activities to welcome Mr. Xi, with all transportation and accommodation paid for them by the consulates.“Not only in Los Angeles and San Francisco, it is said that they [the Chinese Consulate] in New York are also organizing people to fly over to welcome Xi,” Mr. Chen said. “Of course, the CCP has paid for them, otherwise who would do such a thing.
“We are very experienced in the protests. Because we have many people protesting, they have to recruit people every time to fight against us. The main purpose is to build momentum for show. When the pictures are taken, they show that there are not only those who oppose Xi but that there are also people who welcome Xi, then they will only film the crowd organized by themselves.”
Sheng Xue, a Chinese writer living in Canada, told The Epoch Times: “The persecution of human rights in China has reached an unprecedented level. Various groups have asked Biden to discuss human rights issues when he meets with Xi Jinping. This creates pressure on Biden, and for Xi Jinping, it is, of course, a potential threat.
“I believe Xi Jinping will receive very enthusiastic protests at this summit. That in itself will be a highlight of the event.”
