{"id":1489433,"date":"2022-05-24T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489433"},"modified":"2022-05-24T08:17:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T12:17:21","slug":"new-declaration-of-independence-movement-aims-to-introduce-american-values-to-chinese-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-declaration-of-independence-movement-aims-to-introduce-american-values-to-chinese-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018Declaration of Independence\u2019 Movement Aims To Introduce American Values To Chinese Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-declaration-of-independence-movement-aims-to-introduce-american-values-to-chinese-citizens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489433&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Since its establishment in 1949, the People\u2019s Republic of China has inflicted tremendous suffering upon the Chinese people.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it was the policies of Mao Zedong\u2019s Great Leap Forward (1958-1962) that resulted in the deaths of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/article\/723956\/revisiting-calamitous-time\">45 million people<\/a> or the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, China\u2019s communist government has been at the forefront of squashing the natural rights of its people for decades.<\/p>\n<p>In the name of preserving their Marxist utopia, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has continued its authoritarian practices into the modern day, with the regime using the most recent outbreak of Covid-19 as justification for instituting <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/24\/while-everyone-else-panicked-two-years-ago-the-federalist-was-right-about-lockdowns-doing-more-harm-than-good\/\">unscientific<\/a> \u201cZero Covid\u201d lockdown policies. Originally relegated to Shanghai, these lockdowns have spread to multiple Chinese cities across the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/16\/communist-china-doubles-down-on-impossible-zero-covid-benchmark-to-control-citizens-with-brutal-lockdowns\/\">leading to<\/a> widespread food shortages and starvation among the civilian population. Citizens daring to speak out or resist such policies are summarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/china-arrested-hundreds-speaking-out-coronavirus\">detained<\/a> and disappeared by state authorities. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the government\u2019s attempts to snuff out any semblance of opposition among the Chinese population, individuals within and outside of China are making it their mission to inform citizens that life under CCP rule isn\u2019t their only option. <\/p>\n<p>Known as the \u201cMovement of Declaration of Independence in China,\u201d the primarily online campaign is an effort to cripple communist rule in China by exposing Chinese citizens to the founding principles of the United States, such as the notion that every person is guaranteed certain unalienable rights by God and not government. <\/p>\n<p>While speaking with The Federalist, Dr. Li-Meng Yan, one of the movement\u2019s leaders, said that by introducing documents like the U.S. Declaration of Independence to Chinese civilians, she hopes that Chinese people will \u201clearn the spirit of America\u201d and understand that \u201c[they] have their rights endorsed by God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage people to use their own words to express their opinions to show their attitudes against communist China,\u201d Yan said. \u201cWe want the Chinese people to understand they are human, they have their own freedom, they own their human rights and their own mind, and they can express [it] to let people hear their voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Chinese virologist and immunologist, Yan was one of the first medical professionals to study Covid-19 and come to the conclusion that the respiratory virus likely leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China. After accusing Beijing of hiding crucial information about the virus during the early months of the pandemic, Yan <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/10\/chinese-virologist-flees-after-accusing-beijing-of-covid-19-cover-up\/\">fled to the United States<\/a> from Hong Kong in April 2020 to \u201craise awareness\u201d about the origins of Covid and expose the CCP\u2019s attempted cover-up.<\/p>\n<p>During our conversation, Yan went on to detail how the \u201cDeclaration of Independence in China\u201d movement aims to rid China of its \u201cevil communist ideology,\u201d with a long-term goal of a democratic China where \u201cChinese people\u2019s human rights [are guaranteed] under the rule of law like [the] American Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, however, Yan says that she is focused on helping Chinese citizens \u201cunderstand the importance of faith\u201d and \u201chow America was founded under the instructions from God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fighting for the unalienable rights endowed by God,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>While punishment for dissent remains incredibly dangerous in China, a few citizens have since taken brave actions in speaking out against the state. Earlier this month, for instance, an individual with the surname Ma was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1521303265207787520?s=20&#038;t=FgUvWdL14LdjUHNYXtppmA\">taken into custody<\/a> by CCP authorities for issuing his own \u201cdeclaration of independence,\u201d with the state-run Global Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202205\/1264733.shtml\">accusing<\/a> him of being \u201cbrainwashed by outside anti-China forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to information the Global Times has acquired, aside from forming illegal organizations and making political outlines to subvert the state, Ma also targeted young people and university students, inciting them to join in activities that smear the country and the people,\u201d the Times\u2019 staff reporters allege. \u201cMa\u2019s activities are in violation of China\u2019s laws and the [state security bureau in Hangzhou of East China\u2019s Zhejiang Province] is investigating the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3001-2-760x1024-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272828\" width=\"561\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3001-2-760x1024-1.jpeg 760w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3001-2-223x300-1.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3001-2-768x1035-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3001-2.jpeg 828w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"col-12 col-md-6 body-xs px-15 pe-md-0 ps-md-30 py-15 m-0 text-center\">Ma\u2019s declaration (page 1 of 2)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a copy of the declaration obtained by The Federalist, Ma repeatedly blasts the CCP and Chairman Xi Jinping for their many \u201ccrimes\u201d against the Chinese people, while also calling for the abolishment of the country\u2019s communist government and a guarantee of basic human rights under a new democratic system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe freedom and openness, the democratic elections, the restoration of the Republic of China \u2026 are our demands to overthrow the CCP. We can wait no further,\u201d Ma writes. \u201cWe are solemnly pronouncing the independence and autonomy of all provinces of China to break away from the CCP and cut off all connections to the evil regime. Defend freedom, defend human rights, make joint declarations, take the joint oaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3002-756x1024-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272829\" width=\"551\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3002-756x1024-1.jpeg 756w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3002-222x300-1.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3002-768x1040-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_3002.jpeg 828w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"col-12 col-md-6 body-xs px-15 pe-md-0 ps-md-30 py-15 m-0 text-center\">Ma\u2019s declaration (page 2 of 2)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is an intern at The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its establishment in 1949, the People\u2019s Republic of China has inflicted tremendous suffering upon the Chinese people. 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