On 17 February I was a speaker on a Tuidang rally held at Martin place in Sydney. Tuidang, literally means “withdraw from the Communist Party”. It is a non-violent movement that emerged in China that encourages Chinese people to renounce their ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Participation in the movement means making a public declaration (typically using an alias) to disavow any previous ties with the CCP or its affiliated organizations, such as the Communist Youth League or Young Pioneers.

The Tuidang movement began in late 2004 after the publication of an editorial series in the overseas Chinese newspaper the Epoch Times. Today, over 390 million names have been posted to the Epoch Times website ( https://global.tuidang.org/ ) renouncing Communist Party organizations.

Mr Lech Walesa – former President of Poland – said:
“This movement, this history’s tsunami, as I deeply believe, nothing is able to stop it anymore. No one can stop a spirit of freedom and truth.”
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lech-walesa-former-polish-president-says-chinas-tuidang-movement-is-historys-tsunami-300099362.html

If you are interested in supporting this initiative you may wish to sigh the End CCP petition ( https://endccp.com/ ) which is linked to the Tuidang website and is approaching 2 million signatures.

My address to the rally is here 2022-02-17 End Chinese Communist Party .