On April 8, 2007, a several-miles-long parade traversing Manhattan's Broadway Avenue drew lots of attention. Perhaps the event's most notable participant was the team known as "Future China." The group consisted largely of volunteers from the service centers for quitting the CCP all over the world.
Welcoming Withdrawals
More than one volunteer said that in mainland China, a vast number of people are eager to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—estimates suggest a number far beyond 20 million.
Mr. Yang from Russia said that his friends in China are all cadres of mid-level or higher. While they can be counted as beneficiaries of China's current system, Yang says that they know all too well the evilness and corruption of the CCP. If there were a safe way to quit the CCP, using a nickname or an assumed name for example, they would jump at the chance for such a withdrawal.
Yet, like many others in China, Yang's friends could not find a course or passage through which they would withdraw from the CCP without punishment.
Ms. Zhou from the Hong Kong Service Center for Quitting the CCP said that they have set up tourist site targeting visitors from mainland China. Normally, Mainland Chinese only stop at the site for a brief 15 minute visit, but within a few hours they can collect dozens of names from individuals intent on quitting the CCP and all its affiliated organizations. "In a good evening, three of us combined can get 76 withdrawals," she claimed.
"A tourist from mainland China wanted to quit the CCP," said Zhou, recounting a couple of recent stories at her tourist site. "I offered to make up a nickname, suggesting 'Safety, Lucky' and others. I gave him a long list, but he was dissatisfied with all of them. In the end, I suggested 'Health'. He said, 'Great, only with a healthy body, can we beat down the CCP!' I was approached by another couple from mainland China, and I asked the husband if he wished to quit [the Party]. After listening to me for a while he replied, 'Ok, let's quit. I will make up a name for myself. My name is Martin, and my wife is Luther King,' he stated. They made up their own assumed names."
Sincere Happiness
Are tourists from mainland China concerned that their withdrawal might incur the wrath of the CCP? Another Hong Kong volunteer, Ms. Zheng, explained that many mainland China tourists are actually pleased to see the Service Center for Quitting the CCP. "They truly feel happy [to see us]. It is a sincere happiness that you can clearly observe—it shows in their expression," she said. "A couple of days ago, when I explained to a man in his thirties that he could quit with a nickname, he replied, 'why would I use a nickname? I will use my real name.' And he did just that. He also told us which military area he was from."
Ms. Ge from Washington, D.C. also has many experiences to share helping mainland Chinese quit the CCP at both tourist sites and over the Internet. "I met a tourist group in D.C. and I told them about the Nine Commentaries and the millions of withdrawals from the CCP," she said. "One person asked me when the CCP would collapse. 'In a month, two months, half a year or a year?' He really wanted to know. Just before leaving, he told me in a whisper, 'I withdrew half a year ago.'"
Growing Like a Rolling Snowball
Concerning her work with the three-withdrawal service on the Internet, Ge said, "Some people I meet on the Internet immediate tell all their friends to come to me to quit the CCP. These cyber friends are youngsters. With their advanced technology knowledge, they taught me how to talk to many people simultaneously about quitting the CCP. After these people quit, they call upon their friends to come… It is really growing like a rolling snowball. Sometimes I wonder if this isn't the will of heaven; this is the common aspiration of the people."
Ge said that volunteers of the service centers for quitting the CCP often shared experiences with each other. She knows that some volunteers inside mainland China are doing especially well. Some are older folks, but they have still made significant strides. Ge said that with two or three of them combined, they had gotten over 10,000 people to withdraw from the CCP.
