This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Epoch Times’ editorial series, “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party,” which sparked a movement by Chinese people, both in and outside of China, to sever their ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.

The series exposes the CCP’s bloody history and provides an in-depth analysis of the party’s deceptive, violent, and rogue nature in terms of politics, the economy, culture, and faith.

On Nov. 17, a symposium in San Francisco, co-hosted by The Epoch Times–Northern California, NTD, Sound of Hope, and the Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP—a nonprofit founded after the series’ publication to assist with the “Three Withdrawals” movement, allowing people to document their withdrawal from the CCP—gathered experts who delved into the series’ influence on both Chinese and global citizens.

As of Nov. 20, the number of people counted by the center who have chosen to sever ties with the CCP has exceeded 438 million.

Fang Zheng, president of the Chinese Democratic Education Foundation and a survivor of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, described the “Nine Commentaries” as a “heavenly book.”

He said that the book thoroughly exposed the CCP’s demonic spirit and helped people fundamentally reject the party and its crimes on a spiritual level.

He said the communist regime has manipulated and poisoned the Chinese people for decades, and personal awakening is the first step toward breaking free from its control.

He said that promoting the “Nine Commentaries” is key to awakening people, ending the CCP’s rule, and achieving the rebirth of the Chinese nation.

“It is my greatest wish to let more people know about the ‘Nine Commentaries,’” Fang said.

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