(Clearwisdom.net) The Argentina Branch of The Epoch Times participated in the largest international book fair in Latin America for the first time and displayed the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. Readers got to learn more about the atrocities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during its 57 year rule in China, and the reasons why the CCP cannot represent China. At the opening ceremony, The Epoch Times presented the Spanish version of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party to the Vice President, the Ministers of Education and Foreign Ministries and VIPs who attended the ceremony. Truth-clarification materials renouncing the CCP and its atrocities of live organ removal from Falun Gong practitioners were also presented. They accepted the literature in person.
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People study truth-clarification materials and sign the petition to call for an end to the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong
Interference from CCP's Embassy fails again
The annual Buenos Aires International Book Fair is one the biggest book fairs in the world. This year it was held from April 20 to May 8. There were 1400 booths and 1000 various cultural programs. Over one million visitors are expected to attend the fair. Since it is a large international cultural activity, big publishers, book dealers, chain bookstores, non-governmental organizations from many countries have booths and introduce their books and cultures. The CCP's Embassy usually participated in the book fair and held various seminars and cultural exchange activities.
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The Epoch Times' booth
Two years ago, the CCP's Embassy tried to expel Falun Gong practitioners and threatened the book fair organizers that it would withdraw if the practitioners' booth were not cancelled. The CCP's unreasonable request was rejected, so it cancelled all scheduled cultural seminars and withdrew from the fair. One organizer disclosed to the Epoch Times that the Embassy exerted pressure to the fair each year over the past two years and asked the fair to cancel Falun Gong's participation. The Embassy said it would not participate if there were a Falun Gong practitioners' booth. The organizers did not change their position, since it was in Argentina. All organizations have freedom of speech. The organizer congratulated the Epoch Times and said the newspaper was excellent.
This year, the Chinese Embassy used the same strategy and requested the fair to cancel the participation of the Epoch Times. In 2004, the embassy's Consulate of Culture and Politics met the chairman of the fair committee and put forward the unreasonable request. The illegal and rude manner of eliminating a voice of truth can only cause people in democratic countries to think and refuse to cooperate.
Because of the CCP's withdrawal, no more of the CCP's bloody flag, culture and books are being shown in the book fair.
Argentina: CCP's act is demonic
The Epoch Times' booth showed the Spanish Nine Commentaries and reports on quitting the CCP, and exposed the CCP's atrocities in live organ removal from Falun Gong practitioners. During the last two weeks, the booth attracted many visitors. Generally, the Argentine people believe in god, and think that the CCP's live organ removal is a demonic act.
During the first few days, many visitors did not accept the volunteers' handouts after glancing and showed loathing expression. After observing and talking, the volunteers found out that the visitors misunderstood the handouts since there was the eye-catching title "Nine Commentaries on Communist Party". People thought it was pro-CCP propaganda. The volunteers did not think that there were so many people who hated the CCP. So when they had the second batch of handouts printed, the Epoch Times moved the title to the bottom of the handout and printed on top "A book leading to the CCP's collapse..." Many visitors then stopped to accept the handouts and there were no people returning the handouts.
Stories during the book fair
One retired professor named Jorge Rossi took ten copies of Nine Commentaries on Communist Party and said that he would send them to his friends. He said the Argentine people admired Chinese culture but wrongly mistook the CCP for China. The book will correct people's concepts. He appreciated the Epoch Times' giving the Argentine people a chance to recognize the CCP's true nature.
A member of the Lion's Club came to the booth and said after reading the handout that the International Association of Lion's Clubs has a cornea base from donations. But the number of people who need corneas is much greater than those who can donate. The issue was solved in 2000. Since 2000, the lion club buys corneas from China. He said they send two orders each year. He thought that a cornea is not an industrial product and can only be stored for ten days if donated. How could China fill the orders? The CCP told them the corneas were from death row inmates. How possible could the CCP harvest enough corneas in time to fill other countries' needs? When the volunteer of the Epoch Times explained to him that the CCP initiated the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, he lowered his head and did not speak.
Two local people asked why the media did not cover such important news and said they would call them.
Two ten-year-old students signed the petition to protest the CCP's atrocities. They retuned after a while and said that just a signature could not express their indignant feelings toward the CCP. They took much literature and would distribute it in their school to have their classmates and teachers understand the evil nature of the CCP.
Many people already knew about the CCP's atrocities of live organ removal. Three TV stations of No. 7, 9 and 26 covered the issue. The TV 9 and 26 reported Dr. Wenyi Wang's shouting at the White House. TV 7 covered practitioner Yuzhi Wang's visit one month ago. Many people said that the whole world should immediately condemn the CCP's atrocities, rescue those Chinese people in danger and stop the CCP's crimes against humanity.
Category: Organ Harvesting