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Interview with renowned Chinese social economist Ms. He Qinglian

An interview with Chinese social economist He Qinglian reveals the Chinese Communist Party’s true nature and means of influencing overseas Western international media. 

Reporter: The German-based Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung recently published a special interview with you, issuing a statement from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) democratic section and many Chinese intellectuals, regarding the “Zhang Danhong incident.” Some members of the public are curious about what the content of the interview was.

He Qinglian: The interview was conducted a half month ago, and involved several aspects:

First, whether China was heading toward press freedom;

Second, whether Chinese people pursued money at the price of sacrificing press freedom, and if that were the case, did it justify China’s suppression of freedom of speech;

Third, comment on what Zhang Danhaong said in her report, where Beijing relieved 400 million people from poverty, and how well the regime is acquainted with the third article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (everyone has the right to life, liberty, and personal security) and how it is better than any other political party worldwide;

Fourth, whether China’s propaganda is manipulating the world’s media; and,

Fifth, regarding my special column for the Deutsche Welle ("DW") in the past, and why it was dropped.

Falun Gong Spokesperson Calls for an End to the Persecution at a US Congressional Forum

On the afternoon of September 12, 2008, the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Rights held a forum in the Rayburn House Office Building. The topic of the forum was human rights conditions in China and other Asian countries after the Olympic Games. Falun Gong spokesperson Zhang Erping was invited to speak at the forum. He said that Falun Gong is a cultivation group and that what its practitioners are most concerned about is putting an end to the Chinese Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong cultivators.

Zhang said that a variety of sources confirmed that more than 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested in the run-up to the Olympics. During that time, the persecution intensified. On the surface, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seems not to be as blatant as before in its persecution of Falun Gong, but, actually, the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong has never stopped and is even more sinister.

He said that seven weeks before the opening of the Olympics, Eutelsat Communications, a Paris-based satellite operator, broke its contract with New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV). As a result, NTDTV has been unable to provide Chinese viewers in mainland China with news uncensored by the CCP. At the same time, in New York and other Chinese communities, the Chinese Consulate instigated mobs to attack Falun Gong practitioners and spread hatred, undermining practitioners' freedom of belief and religion and violating the Constitution.