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Philadelphia: Supporting Ten Million People Quitting the CCP, People Voice Their Concerns (Photos)

May 10, 2006

(Clearwisdom.net) On Saturday, May 6, 2006, a grand parade and public rally were held in Chinatown, Philadelphia to support ten million people quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations, and to condemn the CCP's harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. The Divine Land Marching Band, composed of Falun Gong practitioners, made their first appearance in Philadelphia. Vigorous and powerful music shook Philadelphia's Chinatown, and over a dozen people from all social strata made speeches at the public rally under the archway of Chinatown.


The Divine Land Marching Band makes first appearance in Philadelphia

Coordinator of the Philadelphia Service Center for Quitting the CCP Ms. Angela made an opening speech. She said that the purpose of the rally was to bring the good news to the people of Philadelphia, and to celebrate ten million Chinese people quitting the CCP. She thanked the Divine Land Band for coming to Philadelphia to bring heavenly and beautiful music to people in the Greater Philadelphia area.

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Supporting ten million Chinese people quitting the CCP
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The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party disintegrates the CCP

Beside the table for giving speech, there was an operating-table where the reenactment of live organ harvesting happening in China was being re-enacted. People passing by were extremely shocked. Since March 8, 2006, three witnesses successively revealed that thousands of Falun Gong practitioners in China have had their organs harvested. Such crimes are common practice in all forced labor camps, prisons and related facilities throughout China.

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People want to know: what has happened in China?

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Dai Zhizhen from Australia talked about her personal sufferings in tears. People passing by all stopped to listen to her words, "The CCP has killed 80 million Chinese compatriots, my husband was one of them. In China, tens of thousands of families have been broken apart by the CCP's tyranny and violence. My husband only traveled to Beijing to mail a letter. The letter said, 'Falun Dafa is Good, Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong.' For this he was arrested by the Chinese police. He was only 34 years old when he passed away as a result of the persecution. The last time that my daughter saw her father was when she was nine months old. What makes me heart-broken is when she asks, 'Where is my Dad? I want my Dad!' "

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Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Dai Zhizhen from Australia and her six-year-old daughter

Ms. Dai continued, "In China, tens of thousands of orphans ask the same question, 'I want my Dad! I want my Mom!' Tens of thousands of Chinese children have become orphans. They have no right to speak. Their tears, you're unable to see; their voices, you're unable to hear. My daughter and I today stand here, we are speaking on their behalf: Please extend your hand to help stop the persecution of Falun Gong!"

Ms. Dai told everyone, "When I heard that my husband was murdered, my hair turned white over night. I saw myself in the mirror. I locked myself inside the room. I did not want to see anybody. I'm grateful to the teaching of Falun Gong. It teaches me to think of others first. When I thought about all the good people still being detained in prisons, and their children are suffering, like my daughter, I determined to step forward to speak on their behalf. I brought my daughter to Geneva, I appealed at the United Union's human rights conference: I appeal to all mothers in the world to help us stop the killing. From Geneva, my daughter and I have traveled to different countries. Not until one year late did I walk out of my overwhelming grief. Today, it is to support the ten million courageous people quitting the CCP. Quitting the CCP is for your own safety. I hope you can read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. After reading it, you will see the whole picture, and you can make your own choice: Quit the CCP for your own safety."

Chairman of China Peace, Mr. Tang Boqiao, especially came from New York to Philadelphia--the cradle of American democracy and freedom. Tang Boqiao said, "What does it mean, ten million people quitting the CCP? The CCP has seen it clearly. The ten million represent the voices of 100 million, 500 million and one billion, so the CCP exerts all its strength to resist this quitting the CCP movement. The CCP takes it as the top priority."

Dr. Yang Jingduan, a physician practicing in Philadelphia, explained why the banners in the parade read, "Heaven Eliminates the CCP, Quitting the CCP is for Your Own Safety." Ms. Chu Wan-chi, director of the International Justice Association and human rights lawyer recommended the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party to people. She hoped that everyone would learn about the CCP's evil nature and support the quitting the CCP activities.

Editor in chief for a magazine in Vietnamese Lac Hong, Mr. Tran Quan Niem, and his friends also came to participate in the parade and rally supporting the ten million withdrawals from the CCP. They hoped Viet Nam also can quickly get rid of the rule of the Communist Party. He said, "The Vietnamese Communist Party is a good student of the CCP. They learned torture, killing and suppression from the CCP dictatorship." "In Viet Nam, membership in the Vietnamese Communist Party was an honor at one time, and many people tried hard to become one of them. Now whenever mentioning it, people feel ashamed." As one of the members in the Vietnamese community in Philadelphia and New Jersey, he expressed his whole-hearted support for Chinese people's efforts to quit the CCP. "The Communist Party's collapse is imminent."

The operating manager of the Tao Shi Comprehensive Health Research Institute in New Jersey said in her speech that she has many Chinese friends, and works with many Chinese people. She feels Chinese people are kind, wise and rational in nature. She likes China's ancient traditional culture, and believes that Chinese people have contributed a lot to humanity in its 5,000 year-long history. In Chinese history, there were many kind and benign emperors, such as Rao Sun, Emperor Hanwen, Tang Taizhong, and Emperor Kangxi and others. They were able to govern the country well, people abided by the law and lived and worked in peace and contentment. After Chinese people break away from the shackles of the CCP, they will definitely have a wonderful future.

When the Divine Land Band marched into Chinatown, many spectators stopped to appreciate them. Many Chinese and Western people gave them a thumbs-up. One elderly Chinese man highly praised people participating in the rally, "Brave, Remarkable." People were happy to take truth clarification materials and read: what is happening in China? Many staff members from shops in Chinatown also came out to watch. Many people said, "Fabulous." Someone said, "This activity is so large in scale, especially grand and spectacular!" a group of Christian students learned the truth about Falun Gong and shouted, "Falun Dafa is Great."

Three American young men stood beside the operating-table where the reenactment of live organ harvesting was being re-enacted, and kept asking, "Why doesn't the government stop it? Too cruel!" After that, they signed their names on the petition calling upon the American government to help international investigative organizations go to China for an investigation. A Philadelphia resident learned about the CCP's atrocities of live organ harvesting some time ago, and she also especially came to support the parade and rally. She held a banner reading, "NO CCP" walking in the parade. A Chinese person who is an expert on skin diseases came to attend a conference in Philadelphia. He stopped at the rally site, and listened carefully to people's speeches and discussions. Philadelphia ABC6 TV station, NTD TV and other media came to cover the activities.