Billings Gazette Letter to Editor: Communist China undergoing big changes

April 18, 2005

Many people have commented on the recent trend toward democracy in the Middle East and have also noticed the continuation of peaceful transitions of power in Eastern Europe. It seems that most of the media and many experts are missing the full scope of the story. Undercurrents of change are also stirring in China. Recently, a Chinese language newspaper published an editorial called the "Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party." The editorial comments on the nature and origin of the CCP, its tyranny, how the CCP persecutes Falun Gong and destroys traditional Chinese culture and religions and its responsibility for numerous genocides.

This document has spread like wildfire all over China and the Chinese speaking world. Proving that the pen is mightier than the dragon, over 500,000 people have resigned from the CCP in just a few months. Desperate reactions can already be seen from China's leadership. This history-changing document and the phenomena it is causing can easily be found online in many languages, yet few people in the West seem to have grasped that the worldwide momentum of change has moved into China.

Katherine Combes

Kalispell