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June 4, 2007
China Democracy Party convenes at Hope Club / Photo
Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman
Xu Wenli, founder of the China Democracy Party, speaks today as part of a two-day congress of exiled Chinese dissidents, held at the Hope Club in Providence.
PROVIDENCE -- Declaring their intention to restore democracy to mainland China, some 40 Chinese now living abroad today convened the first congress of the China Democracy Party, which is now outlawed inside China.
"We should not have to suffer under the repression of the Chinese Communist Party,'' said CDP co-founder Xu Wenli, 64, an exile and former political prisoner who is a senior fellow at Brown University'sWatson Institute for International Studies.
The congress approved a "Declaration of China's Third Republic,'' incorporating their intention to rid China of Communist rule.
"We shall pursue the spirit and tradition of the leaders of the Revolution of 1911 and their creation of 'Asia's First Republic,' '' the declaration reads. ``We shall acknowledge and respect the 1946 People's Constitutional Convention and the establishment of the Second Republic. And we solemnly declare our aspiration to build a Third Republic based on the principles of freedom, equality, human rights and constitutional democracy.''
The congress, which wraps up tomorrow, is being held at the Hope Club, which Xu chose after being warmly received there during earlier speeches.
Extra: Visit Xu's home page.
-- Journal staff writer G. Wayne Miller
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