Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews On Sept. 23, Zhang Gaoli, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo Standing Committee member, joined the New York UN climate summit. Zhang was greeted by several petitioners who had fled China, and who protested with slogans as he stepped out of his hotel. The petitioners told NTD reporters that Zhang Gaoli had ran straight into their crowd, and in fear and panic, he was helped into his vehicle by two bodyguards. Falun Gong practitioners were also outside UN headquarters in New York, and they gathered in front of the hotel entrance of the CCP delegates, peacefully protesting against the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong. Zhang Gaoli is alleged to be actively deploying people to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China. The entrance of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, where Zhang Gaoli stayed, was surrounded by petitioners armed with slogans on the morning of Sept. 23. Zhang stepped out of the hotel around 8am and hurried into a vehicle under the protection of CCP security and US police. Petitioners shouted, “Zhang Gaoli, return the money you robbed from us!” A number of petitioners broke through the lines and went up to the car, and one of them tried to pull open the backdoor, while another rushed to raise a slogan to the front of the car; they were quickly pulled aside by the police. Petitioners continued to shout at Zhang Gaoli, demanding that he return the money he robbed and protesting against the CCP government, saying it did not give the Chinese people basic rights to live—Zhang’s car departed amid the sea of protest. Reports say about 30 people had protested that day; most of them were from China or pro-democracy groups. Among them was Appeal against China—an organization formed by petitioners in New York who had fled China— who protest whenever CCP leaders visit New York. Chen Daili, a victim of forced demolition and relocation from Jing’an in Shanghai, is a member of Appeal against China. She says in order to petition against the CCP’s robbery of her family property, they had come to Zhang’s hotel early at 6am. Like others, they have been petitioning for many years, but the CCP leaders have not listened. Chen Daili: “We’ve been petitioning in Beijing for more than a decade; the high-level officials won’t see it in China, but here in this free country, we can stop their car and we can shout, “the CCP is a corrupt party.” “We’re protesting at the UN; but we wouldn’t see the leaders from the protest area at the side, so we went to the hotel to see Zhang’s face and show him our petitions.” Upon seeing Zhang Gaoli step out from the hotel, Chen Daili immediately rushed forward, but was stopped by the police and CCP personnel. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0YLVxUhnTDiMDllVkRiOG5YTWM/edit?usp=sharing Chen Daili, “He was very nervous; he saw our slogans and our banners.” “We shouted, ‘the CCP is a corrupt party’—he’s not deaf— he definitely saw us and heard us, and he was awfully afraid; he had to be physically supported by two men and he didn’t dare to turn his head towards us and only looked at the car.” “There were two men who had to help him, because Zhang was in a total mess.” Falun Gong practitioners also gathered outside the UN headquarters in New York, against the brutal persecution of fellow Falun Gong practitioners in Guangdong, Tianjin, Shandong and Shenzhen, during Zhang Gaoli’s tenure. They protested against 15 years of persecution by the CCP, grouped outside the hotel where the Chinese delegates stayed. Ms. Wang from Tianjin was once an outstanding teacher in her local elementary school. She and her husband—a TV host—were sent to labour camps separately and jailed for 7 years for practicing Falun Gong. Ms. Wang, past language teacher, Tianjin elementary school: “After Zhang Gaoli arrived at Tianjin, the persecution of Falun Gong became more severe.” “A man named Li Xiwang was arrested and tortured in 2010, and in less than 10 days, his family was told to recover his dead body—this is only one example” Like other high ranking CCP officials, Zhang Gaoli faces resistance and protests against his human rights abuses wherever he goes. On Aug. 28 and 29, a delegation of 750 CCP personnel led by Zhang participated in a China investment forum in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, at which leaders from central and eastern European countries were also present. 《神韵》2014世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/

• published: 25 Sep 2014
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