Tag: Grassroots Resistance

Rare Protest Against Xi Appears in Beijing Days Before CCP’s Congress

A rare protest against Chinese leader Xi Jinping took place in Beijing on Oct. 13, widely-circulated images and photos show, just days ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th National Congress. Two white banners bore slogans, including a call for Xi’s ouster and an end to the draconian “zero-COVID” policy, according to numerous images…


CCP Harassing Chinese Dissident in Netherlands, Victim Says

A 21-year-old Chinese dissident, living in the Netherlands, says he has been constantly harassed in recent months by what he believes are Chinese agents and individuals hired by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Wang Jingyu, from Chongqing, China, is living in exile. He expressed his support to Hong Kong protesters on social media in 2019…


New York State Assemblyman Proclaims Global Movement to Quit the Chinese Communist Party

A member of the New York State Assembly has joined the ranks of public officials who acknowledge the Tuidang Movement as “one of the most peaceful and important initiatives in human civilization.” Tuidang means quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and is arguably the largest grassroots movement in human history with 400 million participants and…


New York State Assemblyman Commends Global Movement to Quit the Chinese Communist Party

A member of the New York State Assembly has joined the ranks of public officials who acknowledge the Tuidang Movement as “one of the most peaceful and important initiatives in human civilization.” Tuidang means quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and is arguably the largest grassroots movement in human history with 400 million participants and…


Chinese Police Reportedly Lock Down Tourists in Airport With Machine Guns Amid Snap Shut in Yunnan Province

Footage of Chinese police holding machine guns at the airport of Xishuangbanna (Banna) prefecture to stop tourists from boarding their planes has gone viral in China and overseas. Tourists were trapped in the airport after the local authorities of Banna suddenly locked down the city of Jinghong on Oct. 4. They chanted “We want to…


Activist Launches Twitter Campaign Calling for Attention to China’s Political Prisoners

A former Chinese human rights lawyer now based in the United States has launched a Twitter campaign to bring international attention to the situation of China’s political prisoners, following the brutal prison assault and death of the father of “ink girl,” known for inking over public posters of Xi Jinping. Lawyer Wang Qingpeng told The Epoch Times…


Falun Gong Adherents Brave Rain in Brooklyn to Denounce Chinese Communist Party’s Abuses

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.—Heavy rain and cold winds did not deter hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from parading down Brooklyn’s Chinatown on Oct. 2 to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s 23-year-long persecution of the spiritual group. Participants, drenched by the rain despite many of them wearing yellow plastic rain jackets, held…


People Locked Down in Xinjiang Unable to Visit Hometowns for China’s National Day Holiday

Many people in China’s Xinjiang region can’t leave to visit their hometowns during the week-long “October First” holiday– the regime’s “National day” under its restrictive zero-COVID-19 control measures. Meanwhile, protests broke out against the indefinite lockdowns. Most of Xinjiang, which is in China’s northwest and home to an ethnic Uyghur majority, has now been under COVID-19…


Anti-Lockdown Protest Turns Violent in China’s Shenzhen

A large-scale protest erupted in Shenzhen early this week after the tech hub locked down three districts due to 10 new COVID-19 cases. The Shenzhen Health Commission announced seven symptomatic and three asymptomatic cases on Sept. 26, with four cases found in Luohu District, four cases in Futian District, and two cases in Longgang District,…


89-Year-Old Chinese Writer Condemns the CCP for Zero-COVID Policies in Open Letter to Prime Minister

The mass mandatory PCR testing and random locking down of cities have stirred up much outcry among Chinese people. Protests erupted in the past months across the country, including in Beijing, Tianjin, Guiyang, Chongqing, and Wuhan. During this time, Chinese people have openly expressed their discontent online, opposing the regime’s harsh zero-COVID policies.  “The party [the Chinese…