The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party is an award-winning periodical series published by The Epoch Times that reports the true history and nature of the CCP. After its publication in 2004, Chinese people both inside and outside China began declaring their withdrawals from the CCP and its affiliated organizations, the Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneers Team.
Flushing, in Queens, N.Y. is the site of a Service Center for Quitting the CCP. For several months, beginning in May 2008, Flushing became the focal point of CCP-driven attacks on the movement of withdrawing from the CCP.
Mr. Zheng declared his renunciation from the CCP with his real name on Nov. 20, 2008, via the Internet. He also said that Chinese people of his father’s generation, his generation, and the younger generation had long ago mentally abandoned the CCP because of its bad reputation. The following is Zheng Enchong’s recorded statement.
“I am Zheng Enchong, a Shanghai resident and former Shanghai attorney. I am very grateful to be able to communicate with friends in Flushing. Like many mainlanders, I renounced membership in the Communist Youth League and Young Pioneers this year (2008) with my real name.
“I was born in 1950, the second year [after] the Chinese Communist Party had usurped power in China. My father’s generation had a bad impression of the CCP, and he was labeled a rightist in 1957. He was also a member of the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce. Whenever he and his friends discussed social issues, about community or country, he would ask the youngsters to leave the room.
“Later on, I joined the Young Pioneers and took charge as a captain. I became a member of the harmonica team with the Shanghai Children’s Palace Arts Troupe to entertain foreign and domestic officials’ guests.
“When I decided to go to Heilongjiang, Father initially opposed the idea. But when I joined the Communist Youth League in Heilongjiang to prepare to fight the Soviet Communist Party, he seemed excited.
“Ever since I could remember, my father never wanted us to follow his example. I could feel his pain. His being against the CCP put us in danger. He loved us and, hence, living under a dictatorship tied his hands.
“We, the 45- to 60-year-old generation, are the victims of the Cultural Revolution. Tens of millions of young people were hurriedly sent to the rural areas in the countryside and the mountain areas.
“After many years of ‘re-education through labor,’ with many of us in camps, we could not find a job in the city. If we did, we soon experienced mass lay-offs and house demolitions. We won’t be able to afford paying for medical expenses in our old age. We of the middle-aged generation have a bad impression of the CCP.
“The younger generation, around 40, grew up with the CCP’s most corrupt system. They have long abandoned the CCP. After I announced my intent to withdraw membership in the CCP with my real name, many Shanghai people congratulated me. A lot of them have renounced the CCP, some with their real names, and others with an alias. During my previous trip to Hong Kong, I met more than 30 people who had withdrawn from the CCP, and about a dozen of them did so with their real names.
“Just recently, a 24-year-old Shanghai college student called me on the telephone, indicating that he will graduate next year. He came from Shannxi and often brought news from Shanghai to his hometown in Yulin City. He mentioned that more than 1,000 workers participated in a recent strike protest, more than 50 of them were CCP members.
“Shaanxi Province is poor. Most workers don’t have access to the Internet; only a few youngsters have computers. When they saw my name appear on the CCP withdrawal list, the middle-aged Party members were quite excited. They indicated their intent to withdraw from the CCP with their real names as well. They also believed that strikes and the petitions have to continue and that they have to take the lead. I was deeply touched when I heard their feedback.
“I hope members of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee will pay attention to what the general public’s view is of the CCP. Wake up! Otherwise, when the time comes for the Party to disintegrate, they will not even have a clue as to how, when, or why. That would be a pity.”
