8,000 in New York Rally to Support 200 Million Chinese Who Have Quit Communism

The number of Chinese who are renouncing the Communist Party is skyrocketing, and on Friday in the shadow of the United Nations, two more joined the burgeoning movement.

Over 8,000 human rights activists, members of The Global Service for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party, and Falun Gong practitioners, hold a rally in front of the United Nations in New York on May 15, 2015, celebrating over 200 million Chinese people who have quit the Chinese party. Youth Ma/Epoch Times

NEW YORK—Gathering near the United Nations in Dag Hammarskjold Park, around 8,000 people attended a rally supporting Tuidang, the movement dedicated to ending the Chinese Communist Party that has been spreading like wildfire in recent years.

The rally featured speeches by a Taiwan human rights lawyer, the executive editor of Epoch Times English-language edition, an independent film producer, and the head of a German human rights organization. But the highlight of the rally occurred when two young men recently emigrated from China stepped to the podium and announced they were quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).