Epoch Times Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party - Part 9
The Chinese Communist Party, a Band of Scoundrels
Foreword
For over a century, the boisterous Communist movement has only=
 brought mankind 
war, poverty, brutality and dictatorship. With the collapse of=
 the Soviet Union 
and the Eastern European Communist Parties, this disastrous and=
 absurd drama 
finally entered its last stage by the end of the last century. No=
 one, from the 
ordinary citizens to the General Secretary of the Communist=
 Party, believes in 
the myth of Communism anymore. 
The Chinese Communist regime came into being due to neither=
 =93divine mandate=94 [1] 
nor democratic election. Today, with its ideology destroyed, the=
 legitimacy of 
its reign is facing an unprecedented challenge. 
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unwilling to leave the=
 historical stage in 
obedience to history. Instead, it is using the ruthless methods=
 developed during 
decades of political campaigns to renew its search for legitimacy=
 and its 
attempt to revive its dead mandate. 
The CCP=92s policies of reform and opening up disguise a desperate=
 intention to 
maintain its totalitarian rule. The economic achievements earned=
 by the hard 
work of the Chinese people in the past twenty years did not=
 persuade the CCP to 
put down its butcher knife. Instead, the CCP co-opted these=
 achievements to 
validate its reign and to cover up and glamorize its consistent=
 scoundrel 
behavior. What is most terrifying is that the CCP is going all=
 out to try to 
destroy the moral foundation of the entire nation, attempting to=
 turn every 
Chinese national to various degrees into a scoundrel in order to=
 create an 
environment favorable for the CCP to =93advance with time.=94 
In the historical moment today, it is especially important for us=
 to understand 
clearly why the CCP acts like scoundrels and to discern its=
 criminal nature, so 
that the Chinese nation can achieve lasting stability and peace,=
 enter as soon 
as possible an era devoid of the CCP, and construct a future of=
 renewed national 
splendor. 
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I. The Scoundrel Nature of the CCP Has Never Changed 
Who Is the CCP=92s Reform for? 
Throughout history, whenever the CCP encountered crises, it would=
 demonstrate 
some traces of improvement, enticing people to develop illusions=
 about the CCP. 
Without exception, the illusions are shattered time and again.=
 Today, the CCP 
has pursued short-term benefits and in doing so produced a show=
 of economic 
prosperity that has once again persuaded the people to believe in=
 fantasies 
about the CCP. However, the fundamental conflicts between the=
 interest of the 
CCP and that of the nation and the people determine that this=
 false prosperity 
will not last. The =91reform=92 the CCP has promised has one purpose:=
 to maintain 
its reign. It is a lame reform, a change in surface but not in=
 substance. 
Underneath the lopsided development lies a great social crisis.=
 Once the crisis 
breaks out, the nation and the people will suffer once again. 
With the change of leadership, the new generation of CCP leaders=
 had no part in 
the Communist revolution, and therefore have less and less=
 prestige in managing 
the nation. Amidst the crisis of its legitimacy, the CCP=92s=
 protection of the 
Party=92s interests has increasingly become the basic guarantee for=
 maintaining 
the interests of individuals within the CCP. The CCP=92s nature is=
 unconstrained 
selfishness; to hope such a party might devote itself to=
 developing the country 
peacefully is wishful thinking. 
Let us look at what People=92s Daily, the mouthpiece of the CCP,=
 said in a front 
page story on July 12th, 2004: =93The historical dialectics have=
 taught the CCP 
members the following: Those things that should be changed must=
 change, 
otherwise deterioration will follow; those that should not be=
 changed must 
remain unchanged, otherwise it will lead to self destruction.=94 
What is it that should remain unchanged? The People=92s Daily=
 explains: =93The 
Party=92s basic line of =91one center, two basic points=92 must last=
 solidly for one 
hundred years without any vacillation.=94 [2] 
People don=92t necessarily understand what the =91center=92 and =91basic=
 points=92 stand 
for, but everyone knows that the Communist specter=92s=
 determination to maintain 
its collective interest and dictatorship never changes. Communism=
 has been 
defeated globally, and is doomed to become more and more=
 moribund. Nevertheless, 
the more corrupt a thing becomes the more destructive it becomes=
 during its 
dying struggle. To discuss democratic improvements with the=
 Communist Party is 
like asking a tiger for its skin. 
What Would China Do Without the Communist Party? 
As the CCP heads toward deterioration, people unexpectedly=
 discover that for 
decades the evil specter CCP has, with its ever changing roguish=
 means, 
instilled its elements into every aspect of ordinary people=92s=
 lives. 
At the time of Mao Zedong=92s death, so many Chinese cried bitterly=
 before Mao=92s 
portrait, wondering repeatedly, =93How can China continue without=
 Chairman Mao?=94 
Ironically, twenty years later, when the world is questioning the=
 political 
legitimacy of the Communist Party, the CCP has spread a new round=
 of propaganda, 
making people wonder again, "What would China do without the=
 Communist Party?=94 
In reality, the CCP=92s all-pervasive political control has so=
 deeply branded our 
culture and our mindsets that even the criteria with which we=
 judge the CCP have 
come from the CCP. If in the past the CCP controlled people by=
 instilling its 
elements into them, then the CCP has now come to harvest what it=
 sowed, since 
those things instilled in people=92s minds have been digested and=
 absorbed into 
their very cells. People think according to the CCP=92s logic and=
 put themselves 
in the CCP's shoes in judging right and wrong. Regarding the=
 CCP=92s killing of 
student protesters on June 4, 1989, some people said, =93If I were=
 Deng Xiaoping, 
I too would quell the protest with tanks.=94 In the persecution of=
 Falun Gong, 
some people are saying, "If I were Jiang Zemin, I too would=
 eliminate Falun 
Gong.=94 About the ban on free speech, some people are saying, "If=
 I were the CCP, 
I would do the same.=94 Truth and conscience have vanished, leaving=
 only the CCP=92s 
logic. This has been the consequence of the extremely vile and=
 ruthless methods 
used by the CCP. As long as the CCP can continually instill its=
 moral toxins 
into the people=92s minds, it can continue to gain energy to=
 sustain itself. 
"What would China do without the CCP?" This mode of thinking fits=
 precisely the 
CCP=92s desires of having people reason by its own logic. 
China came through her 5000-year history of civilization without=
 the CCP; no 
country in the world would stop social advancement because of the=
 fall of a 
particular regime. After decades of the CCP's rule, however,=
 people no longer 
recognize this fact. The CCP's prolonged propaganda has trained=
 people to think 
of the Party as their mother. The omnipresent CCP politics have=
 rendered people 
faint in thinking how to live their lives without the CCP. 
Without Mao Zedong, China did not fall; would China collapse=
 without the CCP!? 
Who Is the Real Source of Turmoil? 
Many people know and dislike the CCP's scoundrel behavior, and=
 loathe its 
struggles and deceptions. But they, at the same time, fear the=
 CCP=92s political 
movements and the resultant turmoil, and fear chaos will visit=
 China again. 
Thus, once the CCP threatens people with =93turmoil,=94 people fall=
 into a silent 
acceptance of the CCP=92s rule, feeling helpless in the face of the=
 CCP=92s despotic 
power. 
In reality, with its several million troops and armed police, the=
 CCP is the 
real source of turmoil. Ordinary citizens have neither the cause=
 nor the 
capability to initiate turmoil. Only the regressive CCP would be=
 so reckless as 
to bring the country into turmoil. =93Stability overrides=
 everything else=94 and 
=93Nipping the buds of all unstable elements=94=97these slogans have=
 become the 
theoretical basis for the CCP to suppress people. Who is the=
 biggest cause of 
instability in China? Is it not the CCP, who specializes in=
 tyranny? The CCP 
instigates turmoil, and then in turn uses the chaos it created to=
 coerce the 
people. This is a common behavior of all scoundrels. 
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II. Economic Development Is Sacrificed by the CCP 
Taking Credit for the Achievements of People=92s Hard Work 
The CCP=92s claim to legitimacy lies in the economic development=
 over the past 20 
some years. In reality, however, such a development was gradually=
 achieved by 
the Chinese people after the fetters of the CCP were slightly=
 relaxed and, 
therefore, has nothing to do with the CCP=92s own merit. The CCP=
 has, however, 
claimed this economic development as its own achievement, asking=
 people to be 
grateful for it. The CCP would hope people to believe that none=
 of these 
developments would have taken place without the CCP, while we all=
 know that many 
non-Communist countries have achieved faster economic growth a=
 long time ago. 
Having won Olympic gold medals, the athletes are required to=
 thank the Party. 
The Party did not hesitate to use the forged image of a =93great=
 nation of sports=94 
to eulogize its sagacious leadership. China suffered a great deal=
 in the SARS 
epidemic, but People's Daily reportedly said that China defeated=
 the virus 
=93relying on the Party's basic theory, basic line, basic=
 principle, and basic 
experience.=94 The launching of China=92s spaceship Shenzhou-V was=
 accomplished by 
the professionals of astronautic science and technology, but the=
 CCP used it as 
an evidence to prove that only the CCP could lead the Chinese=
 people to enter 
the rank of powerful countries in the world. As for China=92s=
 hosting of the 2008 
Olympic Games, what was in reality an =93olive branch=94 given by=
 Western countries 
to encourage China to improve its human rights, the CCP uses to=
 burnish its 
claims to legitimacy and to use as a pretext for suppressing the=
 Chinese people. 
China=92s =93great market potential,=94 which is sought after by=
 foreign investors, 
stems from the consumption power of China=92s population of 1.3=
 billion. The CCP 
usurps credit for this potential, and turns it into a keen weapon=
 used to coerce 
western society into cooperating with the CCP=92s rule. 
The CCP attributes anything bad to reactionary forces and the=
 ulterior motives 
of individuals, while crediting everything good to the Party=
 leadership. The CCP 
will make use of every single achievement to make its claim to=
 legitimacy more 
attractive. Even the wrongdoings that the CCP commits can be=
 turned into 
something good to serve its purposes. For example, when the truth=
 about the 
rampant spreading of AIDS could no longer be covered up, the CCP=
 suddenly 
created a new identity. It carefully mobilized its propaganda=
 machine, utilizing 
everyone from well-known actors to Party secretaries in order to=
 portray the 
prime culprit, the CCP, as a blessing for patients, a destroyer=
 of AIDS, and a 
challenger to disease. In dealing with such a serious=
 life-and-death issue, all 
the CCP could think of was how to use the issue to glorify=
 itself. Only as 
vicious a scoundrel as the CCP is capable of such ruthless=
 behaviors as brazen 
or underhanded taking of credits and an utter disregard for human=
 life. 
Economic Disadvantage Caused by Short-Sighted Behaviours 
Facing a serious =93legitimacy crisis,=94 the CCP carried out the=
 policies of reform 
and openness in the 1980=92s in order to maintain its rule. Its=
 eagerness for a 
quick success has placed China in a disadvantageous position=
 termed by 
economists as the =93curse of the latecomer.=94 
The concepts of =93curse of the latecomer=94 or =93latecomer advantage=94=
 refer to the 
fact that underdeveloped countries, which set out late for=
 development, can 
imitate the developed countries in many aspects. The imitation=
 can take two 
forms: imitating the social system, or imitating the=
 technological and 
industrial models. Imitating a social system is usually=
 difficult, since a 
system reform would endanger the vested interests of some social=
 or political 
groups; thus underdeveloped countries are inclined to imitate=
 developed 
countries=92 technologies. Although technological imitation can=
 generate 
short-term economic growth, it may result in many hidden risks or=
 even failure 
in long-term development. 
It is precisely the =93curse to the latecomer,=94 a path to failure,=
 that the CCP 
has followed. Over the past two decades, China=92s =93technological=
 imitation=94 has 
led to some achievements, which have been taken by the CCP to its=
 own advantage 
in order to prove its =93legitimacy=94 and continue to resist=
 political reform that 
would undermine the CCP=92s own interests. Thus, the long-term=
 interests of the 
nation have been sacrificed. 
A Painful Cost for the CCP=92s Economic Development 
While the CCP constantly brags about its economic advancement, in=
 reality, 
China=92s economy today ranks lower in the world than during the=
 Qianlong=92s reign 
(1711-1799) in the Qing Dynasty. During the Qianlong period,=
 China=92s GDP 
accounted for 51 percent of the world=92s total. In the early years=
 after Sun 
Yat-sen founded the Republic of China (Kuomintang or KMT period),=
 China=92s GDP 
accounted for 27 percent of the world=92s total. By 1923, the=
 percentage dropped, 
but still was as high as 12 percent. In 1949, when the CCP took=
 control, the 
percentage was 5.7, but in 2003, China=92s GDP was less than 4=
 percent of the 
world=92s total. In contrast to the economic downsizing during the=
 KMT period that 
was caused by several decades of war, the continuing economic=
 decline during the 
CCP=92s reign occurred during peaceful times. 
Today, in order to legitimize its power, the CCP was eager for=
 quick successes 
and instant benefits. The crippled economic reform that the CCP=
 launched to 
safeguard its interests has cost the country dearly. The rapid=
 economic growth 
in the past twenty years is, to a large extent, built on the=
 excessive use or 
even waste of resources, and has been gained at the cost of=
 environmental 
destruction. A considerable portion of China=92s GDP is achieved by=
 sacrificing 
the opportunities of future generations. In 2003, China=
 contributed less than 4 
percent to the world economy, but its consumption of steel,=
 cement and other 
materials amounted to one third of the total global=
 consumption.[3] 
From the 1980=92s to the end of the 1990=92s, desertification in=
 China increased 
from a little over 1000 to 2460 square kilometres. The per-capita=
 arable land 
also decreased from about 2 mu in 1980 to 1.43 mu in 2003 [4].=
 The widespread 
upsurge of land enclosure for development has led China to lose=
 100 million mu 
of arable land in just a few years time. The confiscated land,=
 however, has as a 
use rate as low as 43 percent. Currently, the total amount of=
 wastewater 
discharge is 43.95 billion tons, exceeding the environmental=
 capacity by 82 
percent. In the seven major river systems, 40.9 percent of the=
 water is not 
suitable for drinking by humans or livestock. Seventy-five=
 percent of the lakes 
are polluted so as to produce various degrees of=
 eutrophication.[5] The 
conflicts between man and nature in China have never been as=
 intense as they are 
today. Neither China nor the world can withstand such unhealthy=
 growth. Deluded 
by the superficial resplendence of high rises and mansions,=
 people are unaware 
of the impending ecological crisis. Once the time comes for=
 nature to take 
revenge upon human beings, however, it will bring disastrous=
 consequences to the 
Chinese nation. 
In comparison, Russia, after abandoning Communism, has carried=
 out economic and 
political reforms at the same time. After experiencing a short=
 period of agony, 
it has embarked on a rapid development. From 1999 to 2003,=
 Russia=92s GDP 
increased by a total of 29.9 percent. The living standard of its=
 residents has 
been significantly improved. The Western business circles have=
 begun not only to 
discuss the =93Russian economic phenomenon,=94 but have also begun to=
 invest in 
Russia, the new hotspot, on a large scale. Russia=92s ranking among=
 the most 
attractive nations for investment has jumped from 17th in 2002 to=
 8th in 2003, 
becoming one of the world=92s top ten popular nations for=
 investment for the first 
time. 
Even India, a country that in the minds of most Chinese is=
 poverty-stricken and 
full of ethnic conflicts, has enjoyed a significantly expedited=
 development and 
achieved an economic growth rate of 7-8 percent per year since=
 its economic 
reforms in 1991. India has a relatively complete legal system in=
 a market 
economy, a healthy financial system, a well-developed democratic=
 system, and a 
stable public mentality. It has been recognized by the=
 international community 
as a country of great development potential. 
On the contrary, the CCP only engages in economic reform without=
 making 
political reform. The false appearance of an economy that=
 flourishes in the 
short run, which created an illusion of the socialist system, has=
 hindered the 
natural =93evolution of social systems.=94 It is this incomplete=
 reform that has 
caused an increasing imbalance in the Chinese society and=
 sharpened social 
conflicts. The financial gains achieved by the people are not=
 systematically 
protected by a stable legal and constitutional system.=
 Furthermore, in the 
process of privatizing the state-owned properties, the CCP=92s=
 power-holders have 
utilized their positions to fill their own pockets. 
CCP=92s Repeated Cheating of Peasants 
CCP relied on peasants to gain power; the rural residents in the=
 CCP-controlled 
areas in the early stage of its buildup devoted all they had to=
 the CCP. But 
after the CCP obtained control of the country, peasants have=
 experienced severe 
discrimination. 
After the CCP established the government, it set up a very unfair=
 system: the 
residential registration system. The system forcefully classifies=
 people into 
rural and non-rural populations, creating an unreasonable=
 separation and 
opposition within the country. Peasants have no medical=
 insurance, no 
unemployment welfare, no retirement pensions and cannot take=
 loans from banks. 
Peasants are the most impoverished class in China, but also the=
 class carrying 
the heaviest tax burden. Peasants need to pay a mandatory=
 provident fund, public 
welfare fund, administrative management fund, extra education=
 fee, birth control 
fee, militia organization and training fee, country road=
 construction fee and 
military service compensation fee. Besides all these fees, they=
 also have to 
sell part of the grains they produce at a flat rate to the state=
 as a mandatory 
requirement, and pay agriculture tax, land tax, special local=
 produce tax, and 
butchery tax in addition to numerous other levies. In contrast,=
 the non-rural 
population does not pay these fees and taxes. 
In the beginning of 2004, China=92s Premier Wen Jiabao issued a=
 =93No. 1 Document,=94 
stating that rural China was facing the most difficult time since=
 the economic 
reform in 1978. Income for most peasants had stagnated or even=
 declined. They 
had become poorer, and the income gap between urban and rural=
 residents 
continued to widen. 
In a tree farm in eastern Sichuan province, upper level=
 authorites distributed 
500,000 yuan (approximately US$ 60,500) for a reforestation=
 project. The leaders 
at the tree farm first put 200,000 yuan in their own pocket, and=
 then allocated 
the remaining 300,000 yuan to tree planting. But as the money was=
 taken away 
when passing through each level of the government, very little=
 was left in the 
end for local peasants who did the actual tree planting. The=
 government did not 
need to worry that the peasants would refuse to work on the=
 project because of 
inadequate funding. The peasants were so impoverished that they=
 would work for 
very little money. For this same reason products made in China=
 are so cheap. 
Using Economic Interests to Pressure Western Countries 
Many people believe that trade with China will promote human=
 rights, freedom of 
speech and democratic reform in China. After more than 20 years,=
 it is clear 
that this assumption is only wishful thinking. A comparison of=
 the principles 
for doing business in China and the West provides a common=
 example. The fairness 
and transparency of Western societies are replaced by personal=
 relations, 
bribery and embezzlement in China. Many Western corporations have=
 become 
culpable by further exacerbating China=92s corruption; some=
 companies even help 
the CCP hide its human rights violations and persecution of its=
 own people. 
The CCP typically behaves like a scoundrel by playing the=
 economic card in 
foreign diplomacy. Whether China=92s aircraft manufacturing=
 contract is given to 
France or the U.S. depends on which country keeps quiet on CCP=92s=
 human rights 
issues. Many Western businessmen and politicians are driven and=
 controlled by 
economic profits from China. Some Information technology=
 companies from North 
America have supplied specialized products to the CCP for=
 blocking the internet. 
Some Internet websites have, in order to gain entry to the=
 Chinese market, 
agreed to censor themselves so as to filter out information=
 disliked by the CCP. 

According to data from China=92s Ministry of Commerce, by the end=
 of April 2004, 
China has seen a total US$ 990 billion of foreign investment in=
 various 
contracts. The =93huge blood transfusion=94 to the CCP=92s economy from=
 foreign 
capital is apparent. But in the process of investment, foreign=
 capital did not 
bring the concept of democracy, freedom and human rights to the=
 Chinese people. 
The CCP capitalizes in its propaganda on the unconditional=
 cooperation by 
foreign investors and foreign governments and the flattery of=
 some countries. By 
making use of China=92s superficial economic prosperity, the CCP=
 officials have 
become extremely adept at colluding with businesses to divide=
 state wealth and 
block political reforms. 
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III. The CCP=92s Brainwashing Techniques: From =93Brazen=94 to=
 =93Delicate=94 
People are often heard to say, =93I know the CCP lied too often in=
 the past, but 
this time it is telling the truth.=94 Ironically, in retrospect,=
 this is what 
people would say each time after the CCP made a grave mistake in=
 the past. This 
reflects the ability the CCP has acquired over the decades to use=
 lies to fool 
its people. 
People have developed some resistance to the CCP=92s tall tales; in=
 response, the 
CCP=92s fabrication and propaganda have become more =93delicate=94 and=
 =93professional.=94 
Evolving from the slogan-style propaganda of the past, the CCP=92s=
 lies have 
become more =93gradual=94 and =93subtle.=94 Particularly under the=
 conditions of the 
information blockade the CCP has erected around China, it makes=
 up stories based 
on partial facts to mislead the public, which is even more=
 detrimental and 
deceptive than tall tales. 
Chinascope, an English language journal, carried an article in=
 October, 2004 
that analyzes cases whereby the CCP uses more =93delicate=94 means to=
 fabricate lies 
in order to cover up the truth. When SARS broke out in mainland=
 China in 2003, 
the outside world suspected that China had hidden information=
 about the 
epidemic, and yet the CCP repeatedly refused to acknowledge it.=
 To find out if 
the CCP had been truthful about its report on SARS, the author of=
 the article 
read all 400-plus reports on SARS from the beginning to April=
 2003 on the Xinhua 
website. These reports told the following story: As soon as SARS=
 appeared, 
governments at central and local levels had mobilized experts to=
 give timely 
treatment to the patients who later were discharged from=
 hospitals upon 
recovery; in response to trouble-makers=92 incitement of rushed=
 shopping for 
stock-up in order to avoid having to go out when the disease is=
 widespread, the 
government had wasted no time to stop rumors and taken steps to=
 prevent their 
spread, so the social order had been effectively ensured;=
 although a very small 
number of anti-China forces groundlessly suspected a cover-up by=
 the Chinese 
government, most countries and people did not believe these=
 rumors; the upcoming 
Guangzhou Trade Fair would have the largest participation ever=
 from businesses 
around the world; tourists from overseas confirmed that it was=
 safe to travel in 
China; experts from the World Health Organization, in particular,=
 stated in 
public that the Chinese government had been forthcoming in=
 cooperating and 
taking appropriate measures in dealing with SARS, so that there=
 should be no 
problems; and specialists had given the go-ahead [after over 20=
 days delay] to 
Guangdong province for field inspection. These 400-plus articles=
 gave the public 
including the author an impression that the CCP had been quite=
 transparent 
during these four months and responsible to the people=92s health,=
 and made the 
people disbelieve that the CCP could have hidden anything.=
 However, on April 20, 
2003, the Information Office of the State Council announced in=
 its press 
conference that SARS had indeed broken out in China and thus=
 indirectly admitted 
that the government had been covering up the epidemics. Only then=
 did this 
author see the truth and understand the brazen and deceptive=
 methods employed by 
the CCP. 
On the general election in Taiwan, the CCP, using the same=
 =93gradual=94 and 
=93patiently guiding=94 approach, suggests to people that a=
 presidential election 
would lead to disasters: a surge in the suicide rate, a collapse=
 in the stock 
markets, an increase in =93weird diseases,=94 mental disorders,=
 out-migration of the 
island inhabitants, family feuds, a callous attitude towards=
 life, a depressed 
market, indiscriminate shooting, protests and demonstrations, a=
 siege on the 
presidential building, social unrest, political farce, and so on.=
 The CCP filled 
the heads of the people in mainland China with these ideas on a=
 daily basis in 
an attempt to let the people conclude for themselves: =93all of=
 these are the 
disastrous results of an election=94 and =93we should never ever hold=
 a democratic 
election.=94 
On the issue of Falun Gong, the CCP has displayed an even higher=
 level of skill 
with deceptions meant to frame Falun Gong. The CCP=92s staged shows=
 have been so 
vivid and kept coming one after another. No wonder so many=
 Chinese have been 
fooled. The CCP=92s craftiness has been so deceptive that the=
 victims of its 
deception willingly believe in the CCP=92s lies and think that they=
 have the 
truth. 
The CCP=92s cheating ability in its brainwashing propaganda over=
 the past decades 
has become more =93delicate=94 and =93subtle,=94 which is a natural=
 extension of its 
deceptive and shameless nature. 
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IV. The CCP=92s Hypocrisy in Human Rights 
From Seeking Democracy for the Sake of Power to Dictatorial Rule=
 and Hypocrisy 
in Human Rights 
=93In a democratic nation, sovereignty should lie in the hands of=
 the people, 
which is in line with the principles of heaven and earth. If a=
 nation claims to 
be democratic and yet sovereignty does not rest with its people,=
 that is 
definitely not on the right track and can only be regarded as a=
 deviation, and 
this nation is not a democratic nation=85 how could democracy be=
 possible without 
ending the Party rule and without a popular election? Return=
 people=92s rights to 
people! =94 
You may take the above as a quotation from an article written by=
 enemies 
overseas slamming the CCP; but you are wrong. The above statement=
 is taken from 
an article run by Xinhua Daily, a CCP newspaper, on September 27,=
 1945. 
The CCP that had trumpeted =93popular election=94 and demanded=
 =93returning people=92s 
rights to people=94 has been treating =93popular suffrage=94 as taboo=
 since it usurped 
power. The people who are supposed to be =93the masters and owners=
 of the state=94 
have no rights whatsoever to make their own decisions. No words,=
 not even 
=93roguish,=94 would be sufficient to describe the CCP=92s nature and=
 what the CCP has 
done to its people. 
If you fancy that what=92s gone is gone and the evil cult of the=
 CCP that has 
flourished on killing and ruled the nation with lies will now=
 start reforming 
itself and becoming benevolent and be truly willing to =93return=
 people=92s rights 
to people,=94 you are wrong again. Let us hear what People=92s Daily,=
 the CCP=92s 
mouthpiece, has to say on November 23rd, 2004, 60 years after the=
 above public 
statement: =93A steadfast control of ideology is the essential=
 ideological and 
political foundation for consolidating the Party=92s rule.=94 
Recently, the CCP proposed a so-called new =93Three No Principle,=94=
 [6] the first 
of which is =93Development with no debates.=94 The CCP=92s real purpose=
 is not 
=93development=94 but to emphasize =93no debates,=94 establishing =93one=
 voice, one hall.=94 

When asked by the renowned CBS correspondent Mike Wallace in 2000=
 why China has 
not conducted popular elections, Jiang Zemin responded, =93The=
 Chinese people are 
way too low in education.=94 
However, as early as February 25, 1939, the CCP cried out in its=
 Xinhua Daily, 
=93They (the Kuomintang) think that democratic politics in China=
 are not to be 
realized today, but some years later. They hope that democratic=
 politics should 
wait until the knowledge and education levels of the Chinese=
 people reach those 
of bourgeois democratic countries in Europe and America=85=85 but,=
 only under the 
democratic system will it become easier to educate and train the=
 people.=94 
And the hypocritical difference between what Xinhua said in 1939=
 and what Jiang 
Zemin said in 2000 reflects the true picture of the CCP=92s roguish=
 nature. 
After the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989, the CCP reentered the world=
 stage carrying 
a miserable human rights record. History gave the CCP a chance to=
 choose: Either 
it should learn to respect its people and truly improve human=
 rights; or it 
could continue to abuse human rights inside China while=
 pretending to the 
outside world to respect human rights in order to evade=
 international 
condemnation. 
Unfortunately, the CCP, consistent with its hypocritical nature,=
 chose the 
second path without hesitation. It sustained and gathered=
 together a large 
number of dishonest talents in scientific and religious fields=
 who are 
specifically assigned to put up deceptive propaganda overseas and=
 trumpet the 
CCP=92s progress in human rights. It concocted a range of=
 unjustifiable rights 
fallacies such as =93the survival right,=94 or rights to shelter and=
 food. (When 
people are hungry, do they not have the right to speak? Even if=
 the hungry 
cannot speak, would it be allowed for those who have eaten their=
 fill to speak 
for the hungry?) It even tried to deceive the Chinese people and=
 western 
democracies by repeatedly manipulating the game of human rights=
 and had the 
audacity to say =93the present is the best period for China=92s human=
 rights=94. 
Article 35 of China=92s Constitution stipulates that citizens of=
 the People=92s 
Republic of China have the freedoms of expression, publication,=
 assembly, 
association, protest, and demonstration. The CCP is simply=
 playing a word game. 
Tens of millions of Falun Gong practitioners have been deprived=
 of their rights 
of conscience, speech, publication, and assembly. They do not=
 have the right to 
defend themselves, and even their appeal to higher authorities is=
 considered 
illegal. On more than one occasion, some civilian groups have=
 applied to 
demonstrate in Beijing. The government, instead of giving its=
 approval, arrested 
the applicants. The =93one state, two systems=94 policy for Hong Kong=
 affirmed by 
CCP=92s constitution is also a trap set up by the communist rulers=
 for the British 
government and the people in Hong Kong. The CCP talks about no=
 change in Hong 
Kong for 50 years, and yet it has tried to change the two systems=
 into one by 
attempting to pass tyrannical legislation, Basic Law Article 23,=
 within just 
five years. [7] 
The new sinister ploy employed by the CCP is to use the fake=
 =93relaxation in 
speech=94 to cover up the nature of its monitoring and control. The=
 Chinese now 
appear to speak their minds more freely and, besides, the=
 internet has made news 
travel faster. So the CCP openly claims that it now allows=
 freedom of speech, 
and quite a number of people think so too. But this is all=
 untrue. It is not 
that the CCP has become benevolent, rather, the Party could not=
 stop social 
development and technological advance. Let us look at the role=
 the CCP is 
playing regarding the internet: It is blocking websites,=
 filtering information, 
monitoring chat rooms, controlling emails, and incriminating net=
 users. 
Everything it is doing is regressive in nature. Today, with the=
 help of some 
capitalists who disregard human rights and conscience, the CCP=92s=
 police have 
been equipped with the high-tech devices by which they are able=
 to monitor every 
move the net users make inside a patrol car. When we look at the=
 indecency of 
the CCP=97its conduct of evils deeds in broad daylight=97in the=
 context of the 
global movement toward democratic freedom, how can we expect it=
 to make any 
progress in human rights? The CCP itself said it all: =93It loosens=
 up to the 
outside but tightens up internally.=94 The CCP=92s immoral nature has=
 never changed. 

To create a good image for itself at the UN Commission on Human=
 Rights, in 2004 
the CCP staged an array of events to severely punish the abuse of=
 human rights. 
These events, however, are for foreigners=92 eyes only and have no=
 substance. That 
is because in China the biggest human rights abuser is the CCP=
 itself as well as 
its former General Secretary Jiang Zemin, former secretary of the=
 Political and 
Judiciary Commission Luo Gan, the minister Zhou Yongkang, and the=
 deputy 
minister Liu Jing of the Ministry of Public Security. Relying=
 upon these people 
to punish human rights abuse is like asking robbers to capture=
 thieves. 
An analogy could be made to a serial rapist who, when hidden from=
 public view, 
used to assault ten girls in a day. Then, there are too many=
 people around, so 
he can assault only one girl in front of the crowd. Can the=
 rapist be said to 
have changed for the better? His going from assaults behind the=
 scenes to raping 
in public only proves that the rapist is even more base and=
 shameless than 
before. The nature of the serial rapist has not changed at all;=
 what has changed 
is that it is no longer as easy for him to commit the crime. 
The CCP is just like this serial rapist. The CCP=92s dictatorial=
 nature and its 
instinctive fear of losing power determine that it will not=
 respect people=92s 
rights. The human, material, and financial resources used to=
 beautify its human 
rights record have far exceeded its efforts in the true=
 improvement of human 
rights. The plaguing of China by the communist rogues has been=
 the biggest 
misfortune for the Chinese people. 
Dress Up to Commit Scoundrel Deeds Using the Law As a Disguise 
To protect the gains of special-interest groups, the CCP has on=
 the one hand 
torn up their previous fa=E7ade and completely abandoned the=
 workers, peasants, 
and the populace, and on the other hand with time advanced their=
 deceitful and 
scoundrel means as more and more human rights abuses of the CCP=
 are exposed to 
the international community. The CCP has used popular vocabulary=
 such as =93the 
rule of law,=94 =93market,=94 =93for the people,=94 and =93reform=94 to confuse=
 people=92s 
minds. The CCP did not change its evil scoundrel nature even if=
 it dresses 
itself up in a =93Western-style suit.=94 It is just more misleading=
 and deceiving 
than the CCP =93in a Mao suit.=94 In George Orwell=92s Animal Farm=
 (1945), the pigs 
learned to stand and walk on two legs. The newly acquired skill=
 gave the pigs a 
new image, but did not change their pig nature. 
A. Making Laws and Regulations in Violation of the Chinese=
 Constitution 
These unconstitutional laws and regulations are passed on to law=
 enforcement 
personnel at various levels as =93the legal basis.=94 The goal is to=
 assail the 
people=92s efforts to fight against persecution, gain freedom, and=
 uphold human 
rights. 
B. Non-political Problems Are Handled with Political Means 
An ordinary social problem would be elevated to the height of=
 =93competing with 
the Party for the masses,=94 =93bringing demise to the Party and the=
 country,=94 
=93insurgence,=94 and =93enemy forces.=94 A non-political issue would=
 intentionally be 
politicized, so that the CCP could use political movements as a=
 propaganda tool 
to incite people=92s hatred. 
C. Political Problems Are Handled with Non-political Means 
The CCP=92s latest ploy to attack pro-democratic personnel and 
independent-thinking intellectuals is to set up =93traps=94 in order=
 to imprison 
them. Such =93traps=94 include false accusations of civil offenses=
 such as 
prostitution and tax evasion. This is done with a low profile to=
 avoid 
condemnation by outside groups. These crimes, which are enough to=
 ruin the 
reputations of the accused, are also used to humiliate the=
 victims in public. 
The only change to the CCP=92s scoundrel nature, if any, is that it=
 has become 
even more disgraceful and inhuman. 
The Hostage Culture of Scoundrels=97Holding Over One Billion People=
 as Hostage 
Imagine that a licentious criminal broke into a home and raped a=
 girl. At the 
trial, this criminal defended himself by arguing that he did not=
 kill the victim 
since he was busy raping her. Because killing is worse than=
 raping and since he 
did not kill the victim, he is not only innocent but should also=
 be released 
immediately. People should also praise him for only raping but=
 not killing. 
This logic sounds ridiculous. However, at this very time, the=
 CCP=92s logic in 
defense of its Tiananmen Massacre on June 4th in, 1989 is exactly=
 the same as 
that of the above criminal. The CCP has argued that the=
 =93suppression of 
students=94 avoided a potential =93internal disorder=94 in China. As a=
 way to prevent 
an =93internal disorder,=94 the =93suppression of students=94 was thus=
 justified. 
What does it mean when a criminal questions the judge in court,=
 =93Raping or 
killing, which one is better=94? It can only indicate how shameless=
 the criminal 
is. Similarly, in the issue of the Tiananmen Massacre, the CCP=
 and its cohorts 
did not reflect on whether it is guilty of killing. Instead, they=
 asked the 
international society which one is better: =93Suppression of=
 students or internal 
disorder that may lead to civil war?=94 
The CCP is in control of the entire state machine and all means=
 of propaganda. 
In other words, the 1.3 billion Chinese people are held hostage=
 by the CCP. With 
the 1.3 billion hostages in hand, the CCP could always argue with=
 its =93hostage 
theory=94 that if it does not suppress a certain group of people,=
 the whole nation 
will be in turmoil or disaster. Using this as an excuse, the CCP=
 could suppress 
any individual or group at will, and its suppression could always=
 be justified. 
Given such deceitful arguments and fallacious reasoning, is there=
 any worse 
scoundrel more shameless in the world than the CCP? 
Carrots Plus Stick=97from Bestowing =93Freedom=94 to Escalating=
 Suppression 
Many Chinese people feel that they enjoy more =93freedom=94 now than=
 before, so they 
hold out a hope for the prospect of the CCP=92s improvement. As a=
 matter of fact, 
the degree of freedom people are =93bestowed=94 depends highly on the=
 CCP=92s sense of 
crisis. The CCP would do anything to maintain the collective=
 interests of the 
Party, including giving so-called democracy, freedom or human=
 rights to the 
people. 
However, under the CCP=92s leadership, the so-called =93freedom=94=
 bestowed by the CCP 
was not protected by any legislation. Such =93freedom=94 is purely a=
 tool to benumb 
and control people in the guise of following the international=
 trend toward 
democracy. In essence, this =93freedom=94 is in an irreconcilable=
 conflict with the 
CCP=92s interest in dictatorship. Once such a conflict is so=
 activated as to be 
beyond the CCP=92s tolerance level, the CCP could take back all the=
 =93freedom=94 
instantly. In the history of the CCP, there were several periods=
 during which 
speech was relatively free, with each followed by a strictly=
 controlled period. 
Such cyclic patterns course throughout the history of the CCP,=
 demonstrating the 
CCP=92s scoundrel nature. 
In today=92s Internet era, if you visit the CCP=92s official Xinhua=
 website or the 
People=92s Daily online, you will find that indeed quite a few=
 reports there 
contain negative information about China. This is because, first,=
 there is too 
much bad news in rapid circulation in China these days, and the=
 news agency has 
to report these stories in order to stay credible. Second, the=
 standpoint of 
such reports coincides with the CCP=92s interest, i.e., =93minor=
 criticism offers 
great help.=94 The reports would always attribute the cause of bad=
 news to certain 
individuals, having nothing to do with the Party, while crediting=
 the CCP=92s 
leadership for any solution. The CCP controls skillfully what to=
 report or not, 
how much to report, and whether to have Chinese media or the=
 CCP-controlled 
overseas media report it. The CCP is a proficient at manipulating=
 bad news into 
something that can achieve the desired result of winning people=92s=
 hearts. Many 
youth in mainland China feel that the CCP now offers a good=
 degree of freedom of 
speech, and thus have hopes for and are appreciative of the CCP.=
 They are 
victims of the =93refined=94 strategies of the scoundrel media.=
 Moreover, by 
creating a chaotic situation in the Chinese society and then=
 giving it some 
media exposure, the CCP could threaten people that only the CCP=92s=
 power could 
control such a chaotic society and force people to endorse the=
 CCP=92s rule. 
Therefore, we should not mistakenly think the CCP has changed by=
 itself even if 
we see some benign intention by the CCP of improving human=
 rights. In history 
when the CCP struggled to overthrow KMT=92s government, it=
 pretended to be 
fighting for democracy for the nation. The CCP=92s scoundrel nature=
 determines 
that any promise by the CCP is not reliable. 
******************
V. Various Aspects of the CCP=92s Scoundrel Nature 
Selling out the Nation=92s Land out of Vanity=97Using The Name of=
 National Unity to 
Betray the Country 
=93We must liberate Taiwan=94 and =93Unify Taiwan=94 have been the CCP=92s=
 propaganda 
slogans over the past few decades. By means of this propaganda,=
 the CCP acted 
like a nationalist and patriot. Does the CCP truly care about the=
 integrity of 
the nation=92s territory? Not at all! Taiwan was merely an historic=
 problem caused 
by the struggle between the CCP and KMT, and it was a means that=
 the CCP used to 
strike at its opponent and win people=92s support. 
In the early days when the CCP set up the =93Chinese Soviet=94 during=
 the 
Nationalist reign, the Clause 14 of its Constitution stated that=
 =93any ethnic 
groups or any provinces inside China can claim independence.=94 In=
 order to comply 
with the Soviet Union, the CCP=92s slogan back then was =93To protect=
 the Soviet.=94 
During the Sino-Japanese War, the supreme goal of the CCP was to=
 take the 
opportunity to increase itself rather than fight against Japanese=
 intruders. In 
1945 the Soviet Red Army entered Northeast China and committed=
 robbery, murder, 
and rape, but the CCP did not utter a word of disapproval.=
 Similarly, when the 
Soviet Union supported Outer Mongolia to become independent from=
 China, the CCP 
was once again silent. 
At the end of 1999, the CCP and Russia signed the China-Russia=
 Boarder Survey 
Agreement, in which the CCP accepted all the unequal agreements=
 between the Qing 
Dynasty and Russia made more than 100 years ago, selling out over=
 one million 
square kilometers of land to Russia, an area as large as several=
 dozen Taiwans. 
In 2004, the CCP and Russia signed a China-Russia Eastern Border=
 Supplemental 
Agreement and reportedly lost sovereignty of half of the Heixiazi=
 Island in 
Heilongjiang province to Russia again. 
Regarding other border issues such as the Nansha Islands and=
 Diaoyu Island, the 
CCP does not care at all since these issues do not impact the=
 CCP=92s power. The 
CCP has made a fanfare of =93Unifying Taiwan,=94 which was merely a=
 smoke screen and 
scoundrel means for overcoming domestic conflict in the name of=
 nationalism. 
The Political Thugs without Morality 
A government should always be monitored. In democratic countries,=
 the separation 
of powers plus the freedoms of speech and the press are good=
 mechanisms for 
surveillance. Religious belief provides the self-restraint of=
 morality. 
The CCP promotes atheism; hence, there is no divine nature to=
 restrain morally 
its behavior. The CCP runs on dictatorship, hence there is no law=
 to restrain it 
politically. As a result, the CCP is totally reckless and=
 unrestrained when it 
plays out its indecency and scoundrel-nature. How does the CCP=
 speak to the 
people regarding the issue of who will monitor it? =93Self=
 restraint!=94 This is the 
slogan the CCP has used to deceive the people for decades. From=
 the =93Self 
Criticism=94 in earlier times to =93self surveillance,=94=
 =93self-perfecting the Party=92s 
leadership,=94 to the recent =93self-enhancing the Party=92s governing=
 capacity.=94 The 
CCP emphasizes the super power that it has for so-called =93self=
 improvement.=94 The 
CCP does not just say it but actually takes action, establishing=
 =93The Central 
Disciplinary Inspection Committee=94 and =93the Office for Appeals=94=
 and the like. 
These organizations are merely =93flower vases=94 that confuse and=
 mislead. 
Without moral and legal restraint, the CCP=92s =93self-improvment=94 is=
 equal to the 
traditional Chinese saying of =93demons emerging from one=92s own=
 heart.=94 It is only 
the excuse the CCP uses to refuse external surveillance and=
 refuse to lift a ban 
on a free press and the forming of free political parties.=
 Political thugs use 
this delusion to fool the people and to protect the CCP=92s=
 legitimacy and the 
interests of the ruling group. 
The CCP is expert at playing the political thug. =93The People=92s=
 Democratic 
Dictatorship,=94 =93Democratic Centralism,=94 =93Political Consultation=94=
 and so on are 
all deceptive means. Except for the =93Dictatorship,=94 they are all=
 lies. 
Employ Conspiracy to Forge Images of Being Anti-Japanese and=
 Anti-Terrorist 
The CCP has always claimed to have led the Chinese people in=
 defeating the 
Japanese invaders. But abundant historical archives expose that=
 the CCP 
intentionally avoided battles in the Sino-Japanese War. To the=
 contrary, the CCP 
only hampered the anti-Japanese effort by taking the opportunity=
 of the KMT=92s 
involvement in the war to increase its own power. 
The only major battles the CCP fought were the =93Pingxing Pass=
 Battle=94 and the 
=93Hundred Regiment Battle,=94 both of which took place in northern=
 China. In the 
first battle, the CCP offered not at all the leadership and main=
 force it has 
claimed; the CCP troops merely ambushed the Japanese=
 supplementary army. As for 
the second battle, the inner CCP circle believed that=
 participating in it 
violated its own strategic policies. After these two battles, Mao=
 and his CCP 
armies did not engage in any serious battles, nor did they=
 produce any 
Sino-Japanese War heroes like Dong Cunrui during the war with the=
 KMT in 1948 
and Huang Jiguang during the Korean-American war.[8] Only a small=
 number of 
high-level military commanders of the CCP died on the=
 anti-Japanese 
battleground. Until today, the CCP cannot even publish a figure=
 for its 
casualties during the Sino-Japanese War, nor can one find many=
 memorials in 
China=92s vast territory for heroes in the Sino-Japanese War. 
At the time the CCP established a =93Border Region Government=94 in=
 Shaanxi, Gansu, 
and Ningxia provinces away from the battlefront. Using today=92s=
 nomenclature, the 
CCP was conducting =93one country two systems,=94 or =93two Chinas=94=
 inside China. 
Although the CCP=92s commanders did not lack passion in resisting=
 the Japanese, 
the CCP=92s high-level officials were not sincere in fighting the=
 Sino-Japanese 
War, but instead took measures to protect their energy and use=
 the war as an 
opportunity to develop themselves. When China and Japan resumed=
 diplomatic 
relations in 1972, Mao Zedong let slip the truth to the Japanese=
 Prime Minister 
Kakuei Tanaka that the CCP had to thank Japan, since without the=
 Sino-Japanese 
War the CCP would not have gained power in China. 
The CCP claimed to have led the Chinese people to sustain for=
 eight years and 
ultimately win the Sino-Japanese War. The claim could not be=
 farther from the 
truth. 
More than half a century later, with the 911 terrorist attacks on=
 US soil, an 
anti-terrorist effort has become a global focus. The CCP again=
 uses deceptive 
strategies similar to what was deployed during the Sino-Japanese=
 War. Using 
anti-terrorism as a disguise, the CCP has suppressed many=
 religious believers, 
people with different opinions, local organizations, and ethnic=
 minority groups, 
labeling them terrorists. In the international anti-terrorist=
 climate, the CCP 
has launched violent persecutions. 
On September 27, 2004, the Xinhua News Agency quoted the Xinjing=
 Newspaper that 
Beijing may establish the first anti-terrorist bureau among all=
 the provinces 
and cities in China. Many overseas pro-CCP media highlighted=
 China=92s 610 Office, 
a network of government agencies set up especially to persecute=
 Falun Gong 
practitioners, as an anti-terrorist organization, and claimed=
 that the 
anti-terrorist bureau would focus on attacking terrorist=
 organizations including 
Falun Gong. 
The CCP slaps the label =93terrorists=94 on Falun Gong practitioners=
 who hold no 
weapons in their hands, do not fight back when beaten or=
 insulted, and who 
peacefully appeal against the wrongdoings of the CCP government.=
 For this 
defenseless group of kind people, the CCP has mobilized its=
 well-equipped 
=93special anti-terrorist force=94 to conduct swift persecution.=
 Furthermore, the 
CCP has used the name of anti-terrorism to evade international=
 attention and 
condemnation. The kinds of deception used here are no different=
 from the ones 
used by the CCP during the Sino-Japanese War. The CCP=92s misuse of=
 anti-terrorism 
has given this important international operation a bad name. 
Overtly Agree but Covertly Oppose, Sincerely Pretending 
The CCP does not believe its doctrines but forces others to=
 believe in them. 
This is one of the most insidious methods used by the evil cult=
 of the CCP. The 
CCP knows that its doctrines are false, and that the bankrupt=
 idea of socialism 
is untrue. The CCP doesn=92t believe in these doctrines, but forces=
 people to 
believe in them; if you do not believe in them, you are=
 persecuted. Most 
absurdly and shamefully the CCP has written such deceitful=
 ideology into the 
Constitution as the foundation of the state. 
In real life, there is an interesting phenomenon. Many high-level=
 officials lose 
their positions in power struggles in China=92s political arena=
 because of 
corruption. But these are the very people who promote honesty and=
 selflessness 
in public meetings, while engaging in bribery, corruption, and=
 other decadent 
activities behind the scenes. Many so-called =93people=92s servants=94=
 have fallen 
this way, including the former governor of Yunnan province Li=
 Jiating, the Party 
secretary of Guizhou province Liu Fangren, the Party secretary of=
 Hebei province 
Cheng Weigao, Minister of Land and Resources Tian Fengshan, and=
 the lieutenant 
governor of Anhui province Wang Huaizhong. But if you examine=
 their speeches, 
you will find that without exception, they have supported=
 anti-corruption 
campaigns and repeatedly urged their subordinates to conduct=
 themselves 
honestly, even as they themselves were embezzling funds and=
 taking bribes. 
The CCP has promoted many examples and often attracted some=
 idealistic and 
ambitious people to join the Party for decorating the Party. On=
 the surface, the 
CCP has made itself attractive. But the world can see to what a=
 pitiful degree 
China=92s moral standard is declining. Why hasn=92t the CCP=92s=
 propaganda of 
=93spiritual civilization=94 worked to correct this? 
As a matter of fact, the Communist Party leaders transmitted mere=
 lies when they 
promulgated =93Communist moral quality=94 or =93Serve the people.=94 The=
 inconsistency 
between Communist leaders=92 actions and words can be traced all=
 the way back to 
their founding father Karl Marx. Marx bore an illegitimate son;=
 Lenin contracted 
syphilis from prostitutes; Stalin was sued for forcing a sexual=
 relationship 
with a singer; Mao Zedong indulged himself in lust; Jiang Zemin=
 is promiscuous; 
the Romanian Communist leader Ceausescu=92s entire family became=
 filthy rich 
because of him; the Cuban Communist leader Castro hoards hundreds=
 of millions of 
dollars in overseas banks; and North Korea=92s demonic killer Kim=
 Il Song and his 
children lead a decadent and wasteful life. 
In daily life, ordinary people in China loathe the empty=
 political study 
sessions. Increasingly, they equivocate in political matters,=
 since everyone 
knows them to be deceptive games. But no one, neither the=
 speakers nor the 
listeners at these political meetings, would speak openly about=
 such 
deception=97it is an open secret. People call this phenomenon=
 =93sincere 
pretension.=94 The CCP=92s high tunes, either the =93Three Represents=94=
 several years 
ago, or =93improving governing capacity=94 later, or today=92s =93three 
hearts=94=97=93warming, stabilizing and gaining people=92s hearts=94=97have=
 all been 
nonsense. Which ruling party would not represent the people=92s=
 benefits? Which 
ruling party would not care about governing capacity? Which=
 ruling party is not 
about gaining people=92s hearts? Any parties that do not concern=
 themselves with 
these issues would soon be removed from the political stage. But=
 the CCP would 
treat such superfluous slogans as intricate, deep theories and=
 stir up the whole 
country to study them. 
When pretending has been gradually molded into a billion people=92s=
 habits and the 
Party=92s culture, the society becomes filled with falsity,=
 grandiosity, and 
inanity. Lacking honesty and trust, the society is in a state of=
 crisis. Why has 
the CCP acted as such? In the past, it was for its ideologies,=
 and now it is for 
its benefits. The CCP members know themselves to be pretending,=
 but they pretend 
anyway. If the CCP did not promote such slogans and formalities,=
 it wouldn=92t 
have an opportunity to act like a scoundrel or a bully. If that=92s=
 the case, how 
could it make itself followed and feared by the people? 
Abandon Conscience and Sacrifice Justice for the Party=92s=
 Interests 
In the book =93On the Communist Party=92s Moral Development,=94 Liu=
 Shaoqi [9] 
expounded especially on the need =93for Party members to subsume=
 their individual 
interests to the Party=92s interest.=94 Among CCP members, there has=
 never been a 
lack of righteous people who are concerned about the country and=
 its people, nor 
has there been a shortage of honest officials who have truly=
 served the people. 
But in the CCP=92s machinery of self-interest, these officials=
 cannot survive. 
Under constant pressure to =93submit oneself to the Party,=94 they=
 often find it 
impossible to continue, or risk being removed from positions, or=
 worse, become 
forced to join the ranks of the corrupted. 
Chinese people have personally experienced and deeply understood=
 the CCP=92s 
brutal regime and have developed a profound fear of the CCP=92s=
 violence. 
Therefore, people dare not uphold justice and no longer believe=
 in the heavenly 
laws. First they submit themselves to the CCP=92s power. Gradually=
 they become 
unfeeling and unconcerned about matters not affecting themselves.=
 Even the logic 
of their thinking has been consciously molded to succumb to the=
 CCP=92s might. 
This is the CCP=92s nature at work, to behave like a gangster and a=
 scoundrel. 
Patriotism as a Nationwide Urgent Mobilization 
The CCP=92s slogans of =93patriotism=94 and =93nationalism=94 are the=
 sugar-coating to 
seduce people. They are not only the CCP=92s main banners, but also=
 its frequently 
issued orders and time-tested strategies. Overseas Chinese, who,=
 for decades 
dare not return to China to live, may read the nationalistic=
 propaganda in the 
overseas edition of People=92s Daily and are inspired to become=
 more patriotic 
than the Chinese living inside China. Chinese people, who dare=
 not say =93no=94 to 
any CCP policy, were brave enough, under the CCP=92s leadership, to=
 storm the US 
Embassy and Consulate in China, throwing eggs and rocks and=
 burning cars and US 
flags, all under the banner of =93patriotism.=94 
The Communist Party has decided that whenever it encounters an=
 important issue 
that demands obedience from the people, it will use =93patriotism=94=
 and 
=93nationalism=94 to mobilize people on short notice. For matters=
 related to Taiwan, 
Hong Kong, Falun Gong, the collision between a US spy plane and a=
 Chinese 
fighter jet=97in all cases the CCP has used the combined method of=
 high-pressure 
terror and collective brainwashing, thus bringing people to a=
 war-like state of 
mind. This method is similar to that used by the German Fascists.=
 
By blocking all other information, the CCP=92s brainwashing has=
 been incredibly 
successful. The Chinese people, even though they do not like the=
 CCP, think in 
the twisted mode instilled by the CCP. During the US-led Iraq=
 war, for example, 
many people are stirred up watching the daily analysis on CCTV=
 [10]; they feel a 
strong sense of hatred, vengeance, and desire to fight, while at=
 the same time 
cursing another war. 
Shameless=97Mixing the Concepts of the Party and the Country,=
 Forcing People to 
Consider the Enemy as Their Father 
One of the phrases the CCP often uses to threaten people is, =93the=
 extinction of 
the Party and the country,=94 placing the =93Party=94 before the=
 =93country.=94 The 
founding principle of China is that =93there would be no new China=
 without the 
CCP.=94 From childhood, people were educated to =93listen to the=
 Party=94 and =93behave 
like good children of the Party.=94 They sang praises to the Party:=
 =93I consider 
the Party as my mother,=94 =93Oh, Party, my dear mother,=94 =93The saving=
 grace of the 
Party is deeper than the ocean,=94 =93Love for my father and mother=
 can not surpass 
love for the Party.=94[11] They would =93go and fight wherever the=
 Party directs 
us.=94 When the government offered disaster relief, people would=
 =93thank the Party 
and the government=94=97first the =93Party=94 and then the =93government.=94=
 A military 
slogan reads =93the Party commands the gun.=94 Even when the Chinese=
 experts tried 
to design the uniform for court judges, they put four golden=
 buttons on the 
neckband of the uniform. Those buttons are lined up from top to=
 bottom to 
symbolize the Party, the people, the law and the country. It=
 indicates that even 
if you are the judge, the Party will forever be positioned above=
 the =93law,=94 
=93country,=94 and =93people.=94 
The =93Party=94 has become a supreme name in China, and the =93country=94=
 has become the 
Party=92s subordinate. The =93country=94 exists for the =93Party,=94 and=
 the =93Party=94 is 
said to be the embodiment of the people and the symbol of the=
 =93country.=94 Love 
for the Party, Party leaders, and the country have been mixed=
 together, which is 
the fundamental reason why patriotism in China has become=
 twisted. 
Under the subtle but persistent influence of the CCP=92s education=
 and propaganda, 
many people, Party members or not, began to confuse the Party=
 with the country, 
whether they are aware of it or not. They have come to accept=
 that =93the Party=92s 
interest=94 is superior to all, and to concur that =93the Party=92s=
 interests equal 
the interests of the people and the country.=94 This result of the=
 CCP=92s 
indoctrination has created a wide-open space for the Chinese=
 Communist scoundrel 
group to betray the national interests. 
Play the =93Redress=94 Game and Turn Criminal Acts into =93Great=
 Accomplishments=94 
The CCP has made many blunders in history. But, it has always put=
 the blame on 
certain individuals or groups through =93redress and=
 rehabilitation.=94 This has not 
only made the victims deeply grateful for the CCP, but also=
 allowed the CCP to 
completely deny any criminal deeds. The CCP claims itself to be=
 =93not only 
unafraid of making mistakes, but also good at correcting them,=94=
 [12] and this 
has become the CCP=92s magical potion with which repeatedly to=
 escape elimination. 
Thus, the CCP remains forever =93great, glorious, and correct.=94 
Perhaps one day, the CCP will decide to redress the Tiananmen=
 Square Massacre 
and restore the reputation of Falun Gong. But these are simply=
 the roguish 
tactics that the CCP uses in a desperate attempt to prolong its=
 dying life. The 
CCP will never have the courage to reflect on itself, to expose=
 its own crimes 
and to pay for its own sins. 
******************
VI. Thorough Exposure of Scoundrel Behaviors: Attempting to=
 Eliminate 
=93Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance=94 through State Terror 
The fraudulent =93Tiananmen self-immolation=94 staged by the CCP evil=
 cult may be 
rated as the CCP=92s lie of the century. In order to suppress Falun=
 Gong, a 
government can be so perverse as to have seduced five people to=
 pretend to be 
Falun Gong practitioners and choreographed their fake=
 self-immolation in 
Tiananmen Square. Unbeknownst to them, these five people signed=
 their own death 
warrant, either beaten to death on the scene or killed=
 afterwards. The slow 
motion of the self-immolation video recorded by CCTV unmistakably=
 shows that Liu 
Chunling, one of the self-immolators, died after being hit on the=
 spot by a 
police officer. Other flaws in the footage included the sitting=
 posture of Wang 
Jingdong, the intact plastic bottle between his knees after the=
 fire was put 
out, the conversation between a doctor and the youngest victim=
 Liu Siying, and 
the way cameramen arrived to videotape the scene. The evidence is=
 sufficient to 
prove that the self-immolation incident was a deception=
 maliciously designed by 
the Jiang Zemin scoundrel regime in order to frame Falun Gong.=
 [13] 
A political party would use such evil and cruel methods, using=
 the nation=92s 
financial resources accumulated in the past 20 years of economic=
 reform, 
mobilizing the Party, the government, the military, the police,=
 spies, foreign 
diplomats and various other government and non-government=
 organizations, 
manipulating the system of global media coverage, implementing a=
 strict 
information blockade with individual and high-tech monitoring,=
 all to persecute 
a peaceful group of Falun Gong practitioners. 
No scoundrel in history has lied so insidiously, so completely=
 and as 
pervasively as Jiang Zemin and the CCP. They use various lies,=
 each targeting 
and manipulating different notions and ideas that people hold.=
 This way, people 
can more easily believe the CCP=92s lies, and the Party can incite=
 hatred toward 
Falun Gong. Do you believe in science? The CCP says that Falun=
 Gong is 
superstitious. Do you find politics distasteful? The CCP says=
 that Falun Gong 
engages in politics. Do you envy the rich? The CCP says that=
 Falun Gong gathers 
wealth. Do you object to organizations? The CCP says that Falun=
 Gong has a tight 
organization. Are you tired of the cult of personality that=
 lasted in China for 
several decades? The CCP says that Falun Gong exercises mental=
 control. Are you 
patriotic? The CCP says Falun Gong is anti-China. Are you afraid=
 of chaos? The 
CCP says Falun Gong disrupts stability. Do you believe that Falun=
 Gong upholds 
Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance? The CCP says Falun Gong=
 is not 
truthful, compassionate, or tolerant, and that compassion can=
 generate the 
desire to kill. 
Do you trust that the government would not make up such lies? The=
 CCP makes up 
lies that are bigger and more shocking, from suicides to=
 self-immolation, from 
killing relatives to murdering others, from killing one to=
 slaughtering many=97so 
many lies that you find it hard not to believe them. Do you=
 sympathize with 
Falun Gong? The CCP connects your political evaluation with the=
 persecution of 
Falun Gong, and demotes you, fires you, or takes away your bonus=
 if Falun Gong 
practitioners from your responsible area appeal in Beijing. You=
 are forced to 
become an enemy of Falun Gong. The CCP has kidnapped countless=
 Falun Gong 
practitioners and taken them to brainwashing sessions in an=
 effort to force them 
to give up their righteous belief and promise to stop their=
 practice. The CCP 
has used various evil reasons to persuade them, using their=
 relatives, career, 
and education to pressure them, inflicting them with various=
 cruel tortures and 
even punishing their family members and colleagues. Falun Gong=
 practitioners who 
are successfully brainwashed are used to brainwash others. The=
 vicious CCP 
insists on turning humans into demons and forcing them to walk on=
 a dark path to 
the end. 
******************
VII. Scoundrel Socialism with =93Chinese Characteristics=94 
The term =93Chinese characteristics=94 is used to cover up the CCP=92s=
 shame. The CCP 
claims all along that it owes its success in China=92s revolution=
 to =93the 
integration of Marxism-Leninism with the concrete reality of=
 Chinese 
revolution.=94 The CCP has frequently used and misused the term=
 =93characteristic=94 
as an ideological support for its capricious and roguish=
 policies. 
Capriciousness and Deceptive Means 
Under the roguish fa=E7ade of the =93Chinese characteristics,=94 the=
 only things the 
CCP has accomplished are nonsense and absurdity. 
The goal of the CCP=92s revolution was to realize public ownership=
 of the means of 
production, and it has deceived many young people into joining=
 the Party 
organization for the ideals of communism and unity; many of them=
 betrayed their 
property-owning families. But 83 years after the beginning of the=
 CCP, 
capitalism has returned, only now becoming a part of the CCP=
 itself. Today, 
among CCP leaders=92 children and relatives, many are new=
 capitalists with 
fortunes; many Party members have endeavored to join this group=
 of nouveau 
riche. The CCP eliminated the landlords and capitalists in the=
 name of 
revolution and stole their property. Now, the CCP=92s new =93royalty=94=
 has become 
even richer capitalists through embezzlement and corruption.=
 Those who followed 
the Party in the early revolutions now sigh, =93If I knew the=
 situation today, I 
would not have followed it then.=94 After several decades of sweat=
 and struggle, 
they find themselves to have simply devoted their brothers=92 and=
 fathers=92 
properties as well as their own lives to the CCP evil cult. 
The CCP speaks of the economic base determining the=
 superstructure [14]; in 
reality, it is the CCP=92s corrupt officials=92 bureaucratic economic=
 base that 
decides the superstructure relying on high pressures to maintain.=
 Suppressing 
the people has therefore become the CCP=92s basic policy. 
Another scoundrel characteristic of the CCP is manifest in=
 changing the 
definition of any cultural concepts, and then using its own=
 mutated definitions 
to criticize and control people. The concept of =93party=94 is one=
 such example. 
Since the beginning of time and all over the world, parties have=
 been 
established. Only the Communist Party exercises power beyond the=
 domain of a 
party collective. If you join the Party, it will control all=
 aspects of your 
life, including your conscience, subsistence, and private life.=
 When given 
political authority, the CCP controls the society, government,=
 and the state 
apparatus. It dictates all matters, from ones as important as who=
 should be the 
Chairman of the country or the Minister of Defense, or what=
 regulations and 
rules will be made, to as small as where one should live, with=
 whom one can 
marry, and how many children one can bear. The CCP has mustered=
 all imaginable 
methods of control. 
The CCP uses the name of dialectics to completely destroy the=
 holistic thinking, 
reasoning faculty, and inquiring spirit of philosophy. While the=
 CCP speaks 
about =93distribution according to contribution,=94 the process of=
 =93allowing some 
people to get rich first=94 has been accomplished along with=
 =93distribution 
according to power.=94 The CCP uses the disguise of =93serving the=
 people 
whole-heartedly=94 to deceive those who hold these ideals, then=
 completely 
brainwashes and controls them, gradually changing them into=
 docile tools who 
=93serve the Party whole-heartedly=94 and who dare not speak up for=
 the people. 
Party of Scoundrels with =93Chinese Characteristics=94 
Using a principle that values the Party=92s interests beyond all=
 other 
considerations, the CCP has distorted the Chinese society with=
 the means of an 
evil cult, creating a true deviated being in the human society.=
 This being is 
different from any other state, government or organization. Its=
 principle is to 
have no principle; it has no sincerity behind its smiles.=
 However, kindhearted 
people cannot understand the CCP. Based on universal moral=
 standards, they 
cannot imagine that such a roguish entity would be representing a=
 country. Using 
the excuse of the =93Chinese characteristic,=94 the CCP established=
 itself among the 
nations of the world. The =93Chinese characteristics=94 have become=
 an abbreviation 
of =93CCP=92s scoundrel characteristics.=94 
With the =93Chinese characteristics,=94 China=92s crippled capitalism=
 was transformed 
into =93socialism=94; =93unemployment=94 became =93waiting for employment=94;=
 =93being laid 
off=94 from work became =93off duty=94; =93poverty=94 became the =93initial=
 stage of 
socialism=94; and human rights and freedom of speech and belief are=
 watered down 
to the right to survive. 
Scoundrelism Imposed on the Country: An Unprecedented Moral=
 Crisis Faced by the 
Chinese Nation 
In the beginning of the 1990s, there was a popular saying in=
 China, =93I=92m a 
scoundrel and I am afraid of no one.=94 This is the malicious=
 consequence of 
several decades of the CCP=92s roguish rule =97 imposing scoundrelism=
 on the nation. 
Accompanying the fake prosperity of China=92s economy is the=
 rapidly declining 
morality in all aspects of society. 
The people=92s representatives of China oftentimes talk about the=
 issue of 
=93honesty and trust=94 during the Chinese People=92s Congress. In=
 college entrance 
exams, students are required to write about honesty and trust.=
 This is a 
reflection of a huge, looming crisis induced by the lack of trust=
 and honesty 
and the decline in morality. This crisis, although invisible, is=
 ubiquitous. 
Corruption, embezzlement, fake products, deception, and=
 individual and 
society-wide moral decline are commonplace. There is no longer=
 any basic trust 
between people. 
For those who claim to be satisfied with an improved standard of=
 living, isn=92t 
stability in their lives their primary concern? What is the most=
 important 
factor in social stability? It is morality. A society with=
 degraded morality 
cannot possibly provide security and assurance. 
The CCP has cracked down on almost all traditional religions by=
 now and has 
dismantled the traditional value system. The unscrupulous way by=
 which the CCP 
seizes wealth and deceives people has had a trickle down effect=
 on the entire 
society, turning the society into one of scoundrels. The CCP,=
 which rules by 
means of scoundrels, also essentially needs a scoundrel society=
 as an 
environment to survive. That is why the CCP tries everything it=
 can to drag the 
people down to its level, attempting to turn the Chinese people=
 into scoundrels 
to various extents. This is how the CCP=92s scoundrel nature is=
 eradicating the 
moral foundation that had long sustained the Chinese people. 
******************
Conclusion 
=93It is easier to alter rivers and mountains than to change one's=
 nature.=94 [15] 
History has proven that every time the CCP loosens its bondage=
 and chains, it 
does so without intending to abandon them. After the Great Famine=
 of the early 
1960s, the CCP adapted economic reform policies [16] aiming to=
 restore 
agricultural production, but without the intent to change the=
 =93slave=94 status of 
Chinese peasants. The economic reform and liberalization in the=
 1980s had no 
constraint on the CCP=92s raising of a butcher=92s knife on its own=
 people in 1989. 
In the future, the CCP will continue to alter its fa=E7ade but will=
 not change its 
scoundrel nature. 
Some people may think that the past belongs to the past and the=
 situation has 
changed, and that the CCP now is not the CCP then. Some may be=
 satisfied with 
the false appearance they see and even mistakenly believe that=
 the CCP has 
improved, is in the process of reforming, or intends to make=
 amends; thus, they 
constantly brush away past memories. All these can only give the=
 CCP scoundrel 
group the opportunity to continue to survive and threaten=
 humankind. 
All efforts by the CCP are to make people forget the past. All of=
 the people=92s 
struggles are to remember what has happened. 
In fact, the history of the CCP is a history that has severed=
 people=92s memories, 
a history in which children don=92t know the true experiences of=
 their parents, a 
history in which hundreds of millions of ordinary citizens live=
 in and suffer 
from the enormous conflict between cursing the CCP=92s past and=
 holding out hope 
for the CCP=92s present. 
When the evil specter of communism fell upon the human world, the=
 Communist 
Party unleashed the scum of society and utilized the rebellion of=
 hoodlums to 
seize and establish political power. What it has done, by means=
 of bloodstained 
rule and tyranny, is establish and maintain despotism in the form=
 of a =93Party 
Possession.=94 By using the so-called ideology of =93struggle=94 that=
 opposes nature, 
heaven=92s laws, human nature, and the universe, it destroys human=
 conscience and 
benevolence, and further destroys traditional civilization and=
 morality. It has 
used bloody slaughters and forced brainwashing to establish an=
 evil communist 
cult, creating a nation of insanity in order to rule the country.=
 Throughout the 
history of the CCP, there have been violent periods when the red=
 terror reached 
its peak, and awkward periods when the CCP narrowly escaped being=
 destroyed. 
Each time, the CCP used its scoundrel behavior to extricate=
 itself from crises, 
but only to head for the next round of violence, continuing to=
 deceive the 
Chinese people. 
When people recognize the CCP=92s scoundrel nature and resist being=
 deceived by 
its false images, the end will arrive for the CCP and its=
 scoundrel nature. 
********
In comparison with China=92s 5,000-year history, the 55 years of=
 the CCP=92s rule go 
by in a blink of an eye. Before the CCP came into existence,=
 China had created 
the most magnificent civilization in the history of humankind.=
 The CCP seized 
the opportunity of China=92s domestic troubles and foreign invasion=
 to wreak havoc 
on the Chinese nation. It has taken away tens of millions of=
 lives, destroyed 
countless families, and sacrificed the ecological resources upon=
 which China=92s 
survival depends. What is even more devastating is the near=
 destruction of 
China=92s moral basis and prominent cultural tradition. 
What will be the future of China? What direction will China take?=
 Such serious 
questions are too complicated to discuss in a few words. However,=
 one thing is 
for certain: if there is no reconstruction of the nation=92s=
 morality, no 
restoration of the relationships between humans and nature, and=
 between humans, 
heaven and earth, if there is no faith or culture for a peaceful=
 coexistence 
among humans, it will be impossible for the Chinese nation to=
 have a bright 
future. 
With several decades of brainwashing and suppression, the CCP has=
 instilled its 
way of thinking and its standard for good and bad into the depths=
 of the Chinese 
people=92s lives. This has led them to accept and identify with the=
 CCP=92s 
fabrication to a certain degree, and become part of its=
 falsehood, thereby 
providing the ideological basis for its existence. 
To eliminate from our lives the wicked doctrines instilled by the=
 CCP, to see 
clearly the CCP=92s completely evil nature, and to restore our=
 human nature and 
conscience=97this is the first essential and necessary step on the=
 path toward a 
smooth transition into a CCP-free society. 
Whether this path can be walked steadily and peacefully will=
 depend on changes 
made in every Chinese person=92s heart. Even though the CCP appears=
 to possess all 
the resources and violent apparatuses in the country, if every=
 Chinese person 
believes in the power of the truth and safeguards our morality,=
 the evil specter 
of the CCP will lose the foundation for its existence. All=
 resources may return 
to the hands of the righteous instantly, and that is when the=
 rebirth of China 
will take place. 
Only without the Chinese Communist Party, would there be a new=
 China. 
Only without the Chinese Communist Party, would China have hope.=
 
Without the Chinese Communist Party, the righteous and kind=
 Chinese people will 
rebuild China=92s historical magnificence. 
Notes: 
[1] According to traditional Confucian thought, emperors or kings=
 rule according 
to the mandate from heaven, and to be given such an authority,=
 their moral 
achievements have to match that supreme responsibility. From the=
 Mencius, a 
similar thought can also be found. In the verse =93Who Grants the=
 Monarchical 
Power?=94 Mencius said, =93It was from heaven.=94 when asked who=
 granted the land and 
the governing authority to Emperor Shun. The idea of the divine=
 origin of power 
can also be found in western Christian tradition. In Romans 13:1=
 of the Bible 
(King James version), for example, one finds that =93Let every soul=
 be subject 
unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the=
 powers that be are 
ordained of God.=94
[2] The one center refers to economic development, while the two=
 basic points 
are: Maintain the four basic principles (socialist path,=
 dictatorship of the 
proletariat, the CCP=92s leadership, Marxism-Leninism and Mao=92s=
 Thought), and 
continue with the policies of reform and openness. 
[3] Data come from a report by Xinhua News Agency on March 4th,=
 2004. 
[4] Mu is a unit of area used in China. One mu is 0.165 acres.
[5] Data come from a report by Xinhua News Agency on February=
 29th, 2004.
[6] The =93Three No Principle=94 has occurred in the past. In 1979,=
 Deng Xiaoping 
proposed a =93Three No Principle=94 to encourage people to speak=
 their minds: No 
labeling, no attacking, and no picking on mistakes. This should=
 remind people of 
Mao similarly encouraging intellectuals in the 1950s, which was=
 followed by 
brutal persecution of those who did speak up. Now, the newly=
 proposed =93Three 
No=92s=94 refer to =93Development with no debates, advancement with no=
 struggles, and 
progress with no contentment in lagging behind.=94
[7] Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 was proposed in 2002 by the=
 Hong Kong 
government under pressure from Beijing. The article represented a=
 serious 
erosion of freedom and human rights in Hong Kong, undermining the=
 =93one country, 
two systems=94 policy promised by the CCP. Article 23 was opposed=
 globally, and 
was finally withdrawn in 2003.
[8] Dong Cunrui died in 1949 during a war in Longhua, in today=92s=
 Heibei 
province, when he held explosives on his body to bomb the=
 fortress of the KMT 
army. Huang Jiguang died on a battle in North Korea in 1952=
 during the US-Korea 
war, when he attempted to use his body to block the American=
 machine gun. 
[9] Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of China between 1959 and 1968, was=
 considered to be 
the successor to Mao Zedong. During the Cultural Revolution=
 (1966-1976), he was 
persecuted as a traitor, spy, and renegade. He died in 1969 after=
 being severely 
abused under the CCP=92s imprisonment. 
[10] CCTV (China Central Television) is owned and directly=
 operated by the 
central government. It is the major broadcast network in Mainland=
 China.
[11] These quoted phrases are all titles of songs written and=
 sung during the 
Mao era in the 1960s and early 1970s.
[12] Mao once said that we are afraid of making mistakes, but we=
 are concerned 
about correcting them.
[13] For detailed analysis of the self-immolation video, please=
 refer to the 
following website:=
 http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200109/1165.html.
[14] Superstructure in the context of Marxist social theory=
 refers to the way of 
interaction between human subjectivity and the material substance=
 of society. 
[15] This is a Chinese proverb that confirms the permanence of=
 one's nature. The 
proverb has also been translated as =93The fox may change his skin=
 but not his 
habits.=94
[16] The economic reform policies, known as the =93three-freedom=
 and one-contract=94 
program (San Zi Yi Bao) proposed by Liu Shaoqi, then President of=
 China. The 
program stipulated plots of land for private use, free markets,=
 enterprises 
having sole responsibility for their own profits and losses, and=
 the fixing of 
output quotas on a household basis.