Recently I found that Chinese pro-democracy activists and many other forces are making active preparations for running the government after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) collapses.
I used to be acquainted with many pro-democracy activists in the past, and, was considered one of them. But since I started to practice Falun Dafa, I was no longer on a political path, so I gradually lost touch with them. Our acquaintance resumed only recently when I ran into some of them, with whom I had a long talk.
I was impressed with their changes. What shocked me most is that they have no more fear of the CCP. Instead they are confident, and have no doubt in the victory over the CCP. As they said, since they have seen every trick of the CCP, nothing can scare them away now.
I told them about Falun Dafa practitioners' peaceful and rational anti-persecution experiences, which inspired them a lot. Indeed, Falun Dafa practitioners have set a great example for all Chinese people and have encouraged the world to stand up against persecution and tyranny.
My pro-democracy friends told me that the CCP's secret police, who used to be ferocious, are now treating them with courtesy, as if treating future political leaders. This is not as weird as it seems, my friends say, because the secret police, who have kept top secrets of the country, know better than anyone else that the CCP will collapse soon. Trying to leave a way out for themselves, the secret police take care not to offend those who may become future leaders of China.
The pro-democracy activists share the belief that the CCP is on the brink of its demise. This belief is in part built on the information they acquired from high-level Party officials. Some high officials are quite open-minded, and have a clear understanding of the evil nature of the CCP and its demise, so they have long been sympathizers and supporters of democratic movements. Other officials also have sensed the imminent collapse of the CCP, so they waste no time in connecting with democrats through various channels so as to leave a chance for their own future.
The activists are concerned with the harms that the CCP has done, and will continue doing, to China. As one of the activists said, if the CCP doesn't die out within 10 years, the Chinese nation will perish.
Another activist described Chinese economy as an empty shell, pointing out that with a 50 percent non-performing assets rate of the national banks, a serious stock market bubble that has raised stock prices far past their value, and an astronomical deficit, China is now running mainly on foreign investments, and will collapse immediately if such investments are no longer available.
They also mentioned that according to a high-ranking army officer, if China goes into war with Taiwan in the next ten years, China will not be able to survive for a single week due to oil shortage.
Therefore, the activists fear that the CCP will drag China into abyss along with it.
I was also impressed by their active preparation for the coming new China free of the CCP. What a friend said may be typical of their attitude, "The CCP has millions of troops, but so what? They have no chance to win." According to the democrats, various forces in China are planning how to maintain social stability and keep the country running smoothly after the CCP's disintegration.
I told them what the founder of Falun Dafa had said: only those who value virtue and have talent will succeed and the heaven will not trust great responsibilities to those who seek personal gains over political aspiration. It was enlightening to them. They then talked about the past conflicts over money among the activists, as well as corrupt lifestyle of some of them, and realized such doings are wrong. It seems Chinese pro-democracy activists are becoming mature.
I explained that Falun Dafa is not a political entity. I told them that we as people in cultivation are not interested in worldly fame or political power. Our goal is to elevate ourselves through cultivation, not to fight the CCP. We will cultivate ourselves no matter what the CCP does. The CCP's persecution is just an obstacle in our path of self-elevation that we will overcome. We as a group won't establish a new political party or seek political power. Each Falun Gong practitioner is free to select his or her own job, though, so among Falun Gong practitioners there might be politicians, officials or any other professionals. Practitioners have their own choice to vote for any party. That is to say, Falun Dafa as a group doesn't have a political agenda and will not involve itself in politics.
Then why are we determined to reveal the CCP's crimes? Actually before the persecution Falun Dafa practitioners never confronted the CCP. It is the CCP that started the persecution of this spiritual group, involving 100 million practitioners who are unconditionally peaceful and live by the principle of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. Now that thousands of innocent people have lost their lives and millions have lost their freedom, and practitioners tried everything in vain to persuade the CCP to stop the persecution, the only way to stop the brutal killing is to expose to the world the evil nature of the CCP.
These activists admire Falun Dafa practitioners, and understand what we do. Compared to many other Chinese, they have a clearer realization that Falun Dafa is not after political power, because they know politics better.
The activists told me that they have supporters everywhere in China, including senior Party officials. They are in the process of establishing a new party. The political bureau of the CCP knows their plan, and has been trying to deal with it. However the CCP doesn't have enough power to stop this. Several years ago, the activists would have been in big trouble for doing this, but now, ironically, many Party officials are eager to please them. Things are really changing fast.
Various forces within the CCP are also formulating what to do after the Party is gone. Some are looking for ways to escape the fate of a scapegoat, some have given up hope and are just counting days, and the really smart ones are reaching out to the "foes of the Party" to seek peaceful transition into a society without the CCP. Such people come from within the Party, the army, the police and common people. They share a sense of urgency, and are eager to take action. The activists are sensible. When I told them of the importance of quitting the CCP and its related organizations, almost all of them agreed to announce their withdrawal from the CCP.
After talking to these friends, I felt that the most pitiable people are the Chinese who still don't know what's going on. They don't know the CCP has little time left, nor have they realized they have been cheated by the CCP for so long, and they have not found a way to the truth.
Hope or perish? That's the choice every Chinese has to make.
These are my thoughts on the eve of the CCP's 17th national convention, hopefully its last one.
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