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On Saturday, November 4, 2006, a clear and sunny autumn day, Chinese groups from all walks of life in New York held a grand parade and rally in the second largest Chinatown--Flushing--celebrating and supporting 15 million wise people who have withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. The same day, on The Epoch Times website, the recorded number of people who have announced their withdrawal from the CCP and its affiliated organizations has reached 15,060,000.
This milestone-recognizing event was coordinated by the Greater New York Area Service Center for Quitting the CCP, The Global Coalition to Bring Jiang to Justice, and other groups. The parade procession first gathered at the public library in Flushing. A huge banner bearing the message "Supporting 15 Million Brave People Quitting the CCP," with words and characters in white on a blue background in both Chinese and English, was extraordinarily eye-catching. The parade procession, vast and grand, included a lion dance, marching band, and a variety of banners and waist drums. As it moved forward on the busy Flushing road, it attracted the attention of many spectators. Many Chinese people took out cameras and video cameras to take photos, recording a precious historical moment.
At around 1:00 p.m. the parade procession reached the Flushing Shopping Center and held a rally. Guests from all circles gave speeches.
Mr. Wei, a volunteer at the Service Center for Quitting the CCP, talked about his experiences introducing the Nine Commentaries by making phone calls to Mainland China over the past two years. He included many lively stories. He discovered when making the phone calls that some people confused China with the CCP, thinking that loving the Party meant loving the country. Through patient explanation, many people agreed to quit the CCP. There were also righteous people who exposed the scandals in the Chinese prisons, such as slave labor, illegally harvesting organs from executed prisoners for profit, and extortion from families of the executed prisoners. Some people wanted to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations with their real names.
Mr. Xu Tianlin, a columnist with The Epoch Times living in
New York,
recalled the history of his family's suffering persecution by the CCP.
His
father was labeled as anti-revolutionary for being rich. After he
graduated from
university, China experienced a massive famine. Mr. Xu was hungry all
day long.
During the Cultural Revolution, his file was exposed, and he saw a
statement in
his file that said, "This person is a reactionary. He defended his
father,
who was anti-revolutionary, at the age of nine." Mr. Xu doesn't think
that
the CCP has changed for the better in the past 20 plus years since it
has opened
up to the outside world. China arrests more journalists and writers
than any
other country, and China executes more prisoners than any other
country. The CCP
started its persecution and slander of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999.
Actually,
the CCP is the biggest cult. Xu Tianlin called on the Chinese people to
follow
the ancient teaching: "To be rich, but not to indulge, To face force,
but
not to bend" and to quit the CCP and become a person with dignity.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/11/6/141882.html
On November 4, 2006, people in Melbourne held a grand parade and rally to support the 15 million brave people who have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The parade set off at the city square, wound its way to provincial library, Chinatown, and Swanston Street, spanning several hundred meters. It ended in the city square where the marchers held a rally. The parade lasted for one and a half hours.
 A grand parade of people in Melbourne, supporting the 15 million brave people who quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations |
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Leading the parade was the Divine Land Marching Band composed of Falun Gong practitioners in Sydney. This was their first appearance made in Melbourne. They wore blue and white uniforms and marched in good order. The scene was spectacular, and the music was loud and clear. Many people stopped what they were doing and started clapping with the rhythm. The marching band's performance and the warm reception they got was fantastic.
Behind the Divine Land Marching Band was a huge banner with the words "Supporting the 15 million brave people who have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations, creating a new era for China." Next were an anti-torture exhibit and a simulated demonstration of harvesting organs from a living person, re-enacting the brutal persecution carried out against the practitioners by the CCP. Waist drummers were the last at the parade and gave a rousing performance.
At the rally, Chairman of the Victoria Democratic Party Paul Kavenaugh, representative of the Australia Human Rights organization Colin Mitchell, spokesperson for Refugee Affairs in the Green Party in Victoria Peter Job, Chairman of the Tibetan Group in Victoria Tupten Dhoudup, spokesperson for the Melbourne Service Center for Quitting the CCP Wang Peng, representative for the Epoch Times Maqi, representative of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China Lee, and spokesperson for the Victoria Falun Dafa Association Michael Pearson made speeches. The speakers supported the great deeds of the Chinese people who have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations, called on the Australian people to see clearly the evil nature of the CCP and push the international community to put pressure on the CCP, and to urge the CCP to open its doors to allow a third party to conduct an open investigation on the persecution of Falun Gong.
Chairman of Democratic Party in Victoria Paul Kavenaugh said that not long ago, he was honored to attend a seminar held by former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia and Pacific David Kilgour and Vice-President of the European Parliament Edward McMillan-Scott in Melbourne. The investigative report submitted by David Kilgour and David Matas alleged that many hospitals and forced labor camps in many cities in China have killed a large number of Falun Gong practitioners. Right now, investigation groups around the world are preparing to enter China for investigation. The Chinese government must give a reply. If they think these allegations are false, then they should open their doors. Mr. Kavenaugh also called on the Australian government to pay attention to a former government official in Shanxi Province in China publicly renouncing the CCP, and grant him political asylum.
Representative of the Australian Human Rights Organization Colin Mitchell was also one of the participants of the seminar held by European and Canadian politicians in Melbourne. He said that it is known to many people that the CCP persecutes Falun Gong practitioners and dissidents. If the Australian government overlooks human rights in favor of trade, it is being a party to the crimes of the CCP.
Mr. Mitchell also stated that if a government does not pay attention to the human rights in other countries, it may be a sign of not valuing the human rights of its own people, because human rights do not have national boundaries.
Prior to the parade and rally, there was another parade with the
theme being
protecting the environment in downtown Melbourne. Thousands of people
from
different places in Victoria came to participate in the parade and
watch the
performance given by the Divine Land Marching Band. They learned about
the CCP's
persecution of Falun Gong and the fact that 15 million people have quit
the CCP
and its affiliated organizations.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/11/6/141881.html
