The first installment in this story can be found here.
In 2010, on Christmas Eve, a Mr. L contacted Tang saying that he was heading to New York to discuss a collaboration with a university there, and “by the way,” would like to meet with Tang.
Mr. L was the husband of one of Tang’s college classmates. He had worked at various foreign affairs offices, some of which were part of universities. All of these offices are controlled by the Ministry of State Security. Mr. L then immigrated to Canada. In 2010, he was invited back to serve as the director of the International Relations department of a university in southern China. “The International Relations department trains spies and diplomats,” Tang said.
On Dec. 19, 2010, Tang held a party at his house to celebrate the publication of his new book “My Two Chinas.” He invited Mr. L to the party.
Tang asked Mr. L to keep a low profile at the party and to stay away from the personal information of the other guests. But Mr. L did just the contrary: He mingled with the guests and openly distributed his name cards to them.
One of the guests was Ms. Yi Rong, who was also from Hunan Province like Mr. L. She told The Epoch Times, “He was from mainland China, but wanted to take pictures with us, unafraid that it could become difficult to return to China afterwards. I became suspicious of him.”
Tang shared the same suspicion, and was worried for the guests who had interacted with Mr. L.
Lavish Plans to ‘Visit Relatives’
During his stay in New York, Mr. L stayed at Flushing Inn for three days. He spent most of his time there with Tang.
As a famous activist, Tang is unable to return to China. And Tang’s mother cannot travel to the U.S. to visit Tang in due to health problems.
Mr. L said that he knew someone high-up in Beijing who could arrange for Tang to visit his mother in China and guarantee his safety.
Tang rejected this offer. Mr. L then offered to arrange for the family reunion to happen in Thailand instead, with Tang “not needing to worry about the cost.” Tang said he would think about it.
After Mr. L returned to China, he and his wife visited Tang’s mother during the Chinese New Year. The Tang family was left with a very good impression of them.
Mr. L started to plan the details of the Thailand reunion with Tang. Tang asked if he could bring his wife along. Mr. L replied 3 months later: 1. Do not bring your wife along; 2. Do not tell the related departments in the U.S. about your trip. Tang became suspicious and rejected Mr. L’s offer.
Mr. L continued to offer Tang plans for family reunions in other Asian countries. He even flew to the U.S. several times just to meet Tang. Tang rejected all the offers.
During his second visit to the U.S., Mr. L finally revealed the true motives behind the planned family reunion. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wanted to meet up and “connect” with Tang; in truth they hoped to convince him to collaborate with them.
Mr. L begged Tang: “Please help me. If this (reunion) is successful, I will be promoted several ranks.” But Tang replied, “I can’t sacrifice myself just for the sake of helping you.”
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Mr. L also revealed to Tang, “Before I came over to the U.S., the heads of the Ministry of State Security and the Ministry of Public Security of Guangdong Province summoned me and said they do not wish you (Tang) to maintain contact with any officials from the other provinces, (and to remember that) Guangdong is the richest province in China...”
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A Message From Boss Zhou
In late spring, 2011, Mr.L called Tang via Skype and told him that someone from the top levels of a certain department had “gained a deep interest” in Tang, and had sent people from Beijing to Guangzhou to meet with Mr. L several times. Top officials in Guangdong Province had even met with Mr. L.
Mr. L. asked Tang, “Do you know who Boss Zhou is?” Tang replied him by typing out Zhou Yongkang’s name. Mr. L was excited and proudly said “yes” before revealing that he was the high-ranking person he had been talking about, and that he had even met Mr. L personally.
At that time Zhou Yongkang ordered Mr. L to write down five important points that he wished to communicate to Tang on his own palm. Mr. L was also told to erase them from his palm immediately after he left the meeting.
“Boss Zhou” ordered Mr. L to tell Tang “we can remove any person from this world if we wish. It’s as easy as flipping a hand.” Tang asked Mr. L “Well, can he remove Obama?” Mr.L was left speechless.
Tang said “Even if they gave me the position that Hu is in right now, I’m not interested! Because this ruling party will disintegrate soon. It’s like how nobody wants to be in Gaddafi’s position.”
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On August 6, 2011, Mr.L held another Skype chat with Tang and told him that two particularly high-ranking officials of the CCP wished to meet him in Canada. Tang insisted that the meeting be held in the U.S. but was told that it was “impossible”.
In February, 2012, after the Wang Lijun incident, Mr.L wanted to meet Tang again. “Boss Zhou cares about you a lot.” Tang asked Mr. L to tell Zhou “not to play games with me anymore.” They broke off all contact after that.
According to the information offered by Tang, The Epoch Times found Mr. L’s photo and reports of him participating in events on the website of the school in southern China where he is employed.
Harassment and Threats
Since 1996, the CCP has endlessly attempted to convince Tang to collaborate with them, and the threats against Tang’s family have never taken a break. The FBI has these details on file, and pays close attention to his safety.
The CCP even convinced Tang’s close friends to spy on him. They report his ideas, activities and conflicts with other people to the CCP. But a number of them eventually revealed their true identities to Tang and even shifted their loyalties to join him.
Tang Baiqiao thinks that the CCP has a special strategy against dissidents. He said that this method has worked particularly well on some of them. For example, Peng Ming, a famous dissident, and Zhang Hongbao, the founder of the qigong practice Zhonggong. They died under disputed circumstances outside of China.
Through his conversations with these messengers from the CCP, Tang Baiqiao discovered that there are now two factions within the party. Those loyal to Zhou do not listen to Hu, and call Wen Jiabao merely an “errand-runner” for Hu.
For CCP’s messengers, Tang said that “it is a predestined relationship for us to meet. I hope that after reading this article, they can save themselves before danger strikes . To help them escape from the sinking boat of the CCP, I think I’ve done my bit for our friendship.”
Tang Baiqiao, leader of the 1989 student movement, jailed after June 4. In 1992 he left for the U.S. and served as a first generation contact for the dissidents of 1989, general secretary of Glad Committee for June 4, President of China Peace and Democracy Federation, special commentator for Free Asia Radio, Special Commentator for New Tang Dynasty Television. Now residing in New York, he is also the principal of the University of Democracy. He has authored two books, “My Two Chinas” and “Anthems of Defeat”, and published hundreds of commentaries on politics.
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Correction: This article as originally published reported that Dr. Wang Bingzhang had died. Dr. Wang Bingzhang is alive and is a political prisoner held in the People’s Republic of China. The Epoch Times regrets the error.
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