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      CCP Spy Network Runs Deep in U.S.
      Military laboratories, Ivy League universities, private citizens face 
      widespread espionage and repression from Chinese agents
	(http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-6-20/29637.html)

      By Jonathan Browde
      The Epoch Times


      Jun 20, 2005


            (AFP/Getty Images)
      A large network of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spies is rampant in the 
      U.S., say members of Congress, Ivy League academics, and two defecting CCP 
      officials.
      The spies aim not only to steal military and technology secrets but also 
      to influence, repress, and even control the ideals and actions of 
      Americans.
      In defecting in Australia early in June, CCP officials Mr. Hao Fengiun and 
      Mr. Chen Yonglin sparked a string of headlines, first in Australia then in 
      Canada, about a massive network of CCP spies in Western countries that 
      could far exceed previously held estimates of the problem.
      On the heels of these revelations, Australia’s foreign minister and 
      Canada’s prime minister both personally responded to criticism from 
      opposition leaders that their governments had not done enough to curb 
      espionage and other illicit activity by CCP agents in their countries.
      According to one scholar with intimate knowledge of several Ivy League 
      universities and associated research centers, however, the problem is far 
      greater in the United States, where a public dialogue on the issue has yet 
      to emerge.
      “If China has deployed 1,000 spies to Australia and another 1,000 to 
      Canada,” the scholar noted, “can you imagine how many are here in the 
      U.S.?”
      Military Designs and Technology Stolen
      Prior to 9/11, Chinese espionage was a top concern among the nation’s 
      lawmakers and security agencies.
      In May 1999, a Congressional select committee on military and commercial 
      concerns with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) issued a report 
      detailing the problems of Chinese espionage in the U.S. According to the 
      declassified version of the report, known as the Cox Report, the primary 
      targets of Chinese espionage had been the nation’s weapons laboratories, 
      such as Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, Oak Ridge and Sandia.
      Dating back several decades “and almost certainly continu[ing] today,” the 
      report says key military technologies such as advanced thermonuclear 
      weapons, the neutron bomb and an assortment of nuclear missiles had been 
      taken by Chinese spies.
      “The PRC,” says the report, “uses a variety of techniques, including 
      espionage, controlled commercial entities, and a network of individuals 
      and organizations that engage in a vast array of contact with scientists, 
      business people, and academics.”
      According to the FBI’s annual report, there has been a 20-30 percent rise 
      in the number of Chinese espionage cases in Silicon Valley, a hotbed of 
      technology innovation located south of San Francisco. 
      On February 13, 2005, Time magazine reported that over 3,000 companies in 
      the U.S. are suspected of gathering intelligence for the PRC. Many of 
      these companies, says a source who has worked with a number of Ivy League 
      Universities and associated research centers, are fronts for China’s 
      “People’s Liberation Army.”
      According to Xu Wenli, a pro-democracy advocate who was jailed for 12 
      years in China, the CCP actively recruits and sends students abroad to 
      gather information for the government. Some of these students then move on 
      to work for military and government contractors here in the U.S.—all the 
      while, gathering and sending information back to the CCP.
      More recently, however, another side of China’s spy network, one that aims 
      to influence, repress, or control ideology and discussions on university 
      campuses, has been highlighted.
      Chinese Communist Fronts Mobilized at U.S. Universities
      According to several academics at Yale, Harvard, Columbia University and 
      the University of Pennsylvania, the CCP has been very active on U.S. 
      campuses. Working primarily through on-campus student groups, they say 
      Chinese consulate officials seek to silence academics critical of the CCP, 
      and promote the regime as peaceful, progressive and a vital player on the 
      world stage.
      According to one Ivy League scholar, Chinese consulate officials meet with 
      students on campus, providing them with direction and organizing “united 
      fronts” against CCP critics. 
      “I was present at one such meeting,” said the scholar.
      As a result, lecturers at the universities offering critical analyses of 
      the Chinese government have sometimes met with hecklers who would stand up 
      and yell at them in the middle of their lectures. “The aim,” says the 
      scholar, “is to not only discredit the lecturer and the subject matter, 
      but also intimidate fellow students from adopting points of view critical 
      of China. This has happened to me on a number of occasions.”
      According to this scholar, consulate officials also pay students to attend 
      rallies and other events promoting the Beijing government. Dr. Yi Rong, a 
      human rights worker in New York City concurs. “Chinese students are paid 
      and bussed in by the hundreds to form a greeting rally whenever a 
      high-ranking Chinese official visits the city,” says Dr. Yi.
      In October 2002, Chinese students from several universities, including the 
      University of Chicago and University of Houston, were offered free 
      clothing and payment to welcome then-Chinese leader Jiang Zemin during his 
      trip to Chicago and Houston. In an e-mail to the students, the Friendship 
      Association of Chinese Students & Scholars described the event as a 
      “serious political task” and, according to Voice of America, required all 
      participants to sign a document forfeiting their First Amendment rights 
      during the event in an apparent attempt to curb any would-be protesters. 
      Any one violating the agreement could be fined up to $5,000 dollars, VOA 
      reported.
      The First Secretary of the Office of Tibet in New York City, (Snu) Tendar, 
      says the CCP has also deployed teams of “scholars” around the world to 
      deliver lectures at major universities. Tendar says that using the forum 
      of scholarly discourse and lectures, these teams have promoted pro-Beijing 
      ideas, such as classifying the invasion of Tibet as a “liberation” of the 
      people from the “feudal lords” of the Dalai Lama. 
      At Columbia University, hate literature was found posted in the Asia 
      Studies building, reiterating word-for-word CCP propaganda against the 
      Falun Gong group. Campus police quickly disposed of the materials upon 
      their discovery.
      At Yale University, a student running for president of the Association of 
      Chinese Students & Scholars at Yale (ACSSY) quickly found herself a target 
      of criticisms attacking her personal beliefs when it became known she 
      practices Falun Gong. During a public debate on the day before the 
      election, a member of the audience asked, “If you get elected, how are we 
      going to keep our relations with the Chinese consulate?”
      Many of the ACSSY activities around campus are sponsored by the New York 
      Chinese consulate.
      “You’d think that an Ivy League campus would be free of this sort of 
      thing,” says one graduate student at Columbia University, “given the 
      weight that dialogue, diversity, respect, and tolerance have in our 
      community. But it’s pretty clear these aren’t quite traditions or values 
      China’s current leadership subscribes to, and that’s why we’re seeing acts 
      of hate and intimidation like these happening here, in the U.S., of all 
      places.”
      CCP Repression of Falun Gong Throughout U.S.
      Outside university campuses, CCP agents or those believed to be working 
      under their direction, have sought to repress and intimidate practitioners 
      of Falun Gong, Tibetans and other groups perceived as a threat or vocal 
      critics of the CCP.
      Acting as a volunteer spokesperson for Falun Gong in New York City, Ms. 
      Gail Rachlin says her apartment has been broken into five times since the 
      CCP first launched its campaign to eradicate Falun Gong in 1999. In each 
      break-in, no valuables were stolen. “Only my personal phone list…a 
      rolodex….things like that,” says Rachlin.
      On two separate occasions, Dr. Sen Nieh, a professor at Catholic 
      University of America in Washington D.C and a local Falun Gong 
      spokesperson, has come home to find private conversations with 
      friends—which took place in public venues such as parks or 
      walkways—recorded on his answering machine. The second of the two 
      instances, reported in the Washington Post on July 20, 2001, was a 
      conversation he had with other Falun Gong practitioners while standing 
      outside a Senate building on Capitol Hill immediately after meeting with a 
      senator’s staff to brief them on the persecution of Falun Gong. 
      “Obviously, they are trying to send a clear message that they are watching 
      us at every moment...they’re trying to scare us,” says Dr. Nieh.
      In January 2003, Hong Lei, a spokesperson for the Chinese consulate in San 
      Francisco, went on local Chinese television to say that the consulate had 
      a list of all Falun Gong practitioners in the San Francisco Bay area and 
      warned them not to go back to China. 
      Public venues have also come under fire. Hotels in San Francisco and New 
      York have been contacted by Chinese consular officials or threatened by 
      unidentified callers, pressuring them not to allow Falun Gong events to be 
      conducted in their facilities. In November 2004, the National Arts Club in 
      New York City received several threatening phone calls, including at least 
      one bomb threat, on the opening night of an art exhibit with works 
      depicting the Falun Gong practice and the persecution in China.
      Several Falun Gong spokespersons have reported receiving death threats.
      There has also been actual violence.
      In September 2001, two assailants attacked Falun Gong practitioners 
      conducting a sit-in outside the Chinese consulate in Chicago, beating one 
      victim to the ground and tearing his clothing. Two of the assailants were 
      arrested and pled guilty to battery. They were both members of an 
      organization with very close ties to the Chinese consulate.
      In June 2003, a group of assailants attacked several Falun Gong 
      practitioners as they demonstrated outside a restaurant in New York’s 
      Chinatown. The head of a local Chinese community organization, Mr. Guan 
      Jun Liang, was arrested in connection with the attack. Criminal charges 
      against Liang, who personally greeted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao when he 
      visited New York in 2003, were dropped, but a civil lawsuit against Liang 
      is in progress.
      Falun Gong practitioners have also been physically attacked in San 
      Francisco, Toronto, and Boston. 
      The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution in September 
      2004, condemning China’s actions of spying on and harassing Americans who 
      practice Falun Gong, which listed instances of breaking and entering as 
      well as assault and battery.



        Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party       http://www.theepochtimes.com/jiuping.asp       The Epoch Times       Dec 01, 2004             The Epoch Times is now publishing a special editorial series, “Nine             Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party.”       More than a decade after the fall of the former Soviet Union and Eastern       European communist regimes, the international communist movement has been       spurned worldwide. The demise of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is only       a matter of time.       Nevertheless, before its complete collapse, the CCP is trying to tie its       fate to the Chinese nation, with its 5000 years of civilization. This is a       disaster for the Chinese people. The Chinese people must now face the       impending questions of how to view the CCP, how to evolve China into a       society without the CCP, and how to pass on the Chinese heritage. The       Epoch Times is now publishing a special editorial series, “Nine       Commentaries on the Communist Party.” Before the lid is laid on the coffin       of the CCP, we wish to pass a final judgment on it and on the       international communist movement, which has been a scourge to humanity for       over a century.       Throughout its 80-plus years, everything the CCP has touched has been       marred with lies, wars, famine, tyranny, massacre and terror. Traditional       faiths and principles have been violently destroyed. Original ethical       concepts and social structures have been disintegrated by force. Empathy,       love and harmony among people have been twisted into struggle and hatred.       Veneration and appreciation of the heaven and earth have been replaced by       an arrogant desire to “fight with heaven and earth.” The result has been a       total collapse of social, moral and ecological systems, and a profound       crisis for the Chinese people, and indeed for humanity. All these       calamities have been brought about through the deliberate planning,       organization, and control of the CCP.       As a famous Chinese poem goes, “Deeply I sigh in vain for the falling       flowers.” The end is near for the communist regime, which is barely       struggling to survive. The days before its collapse are numbered. The       Epoch Times believes the time is now ripe, before the CCP’s total demise,       for a comprehensive look back, in order to fully expose how this largest       cult in history has embodied the wickedness of all times and places. We       hope that those who are still deceived by the CCP will now see its nature       clearly, purge its poison from their spirits, extricate their minds from       its evil control, free themselves from the shackles of terror, and abandon       for good all illusions about it.       The CCP’s rule is the darkest and the most ridiculous page in Chinese       history. Among its unending list of crimes, the vilest must be its       persecution of Falun Gong. In persecuting “Truthfulness, Compassion,       Tolerance” Jiang Zemin has driven the last nail into the CCP’s coffin. The       Epoch Times believes that by understanding the true history of the CCP, we       can help prevent such tragedies from ever recurring. At the same time, we       hope each one of us would reflect on our innermost thoughts and examine       whether our cowardice and compromise have made us accomplices in many       tragedies that could have been avoided.       The titles of the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party” are:       1. On What the Communist Party Is       2. On the Beginnings of the Chinese Communist Party       3. On the Tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party       4. On How the Communist Party Is an Anti-Universe Force       5. On the Collusion of Jiang Zemin with the Chinese Communist Party to       Persecute Falun Gong       6. On How the Chinese Communist Party Destroyed Traditional Culture       7. On the Chinese Communist Party’s History of Killing       8. On How the Chinese Communist Party Is an Evil Cult       9. On the Unscrupulous Nature of the Chinese Communist Party       The Epoch Times Editorial Board       (Updated on January 10, 2005 with yellow highlights) Copyright 2004 - The Epoch Times
        Chen Yonglin: CCP Believes Australian Government Can Be Bought       Jun 24, 2005       Picture:Chen Yonglin at the press conference on June 22, 2005 (The Epoch             Times)       When Chen Yonglin, the former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) diplomat       seeking asylum in Australia, first announced his intention to defect, he       told the world about the close relationship between the CCP and the       Australian government, and stressed that the CCP operates a 1,000 person       spy network in Australia. Since then the media has been trying to follow       up on this sensitive topic, but Chen has remained silent. On June 22nd       Chen held a press conference during which he began to elaborate on his       knowledge of the dealings between the two governments. What follows are       excerpts of Chen speaking at the conference.       China Seeks To Make Australia Part of Its “Great Border Area”       “In February of 2005, Zhou Wenzhong, the Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign       Affairs, held a meeting at the Chinese Embassy in Australia with the       ambassadors and consuls general to Australia and New Zealand, and the       general consuls and the diplomats in charge of political affairs. I       accompanied Qiu Shaofang, the general consul of the Chinese consulate in       Sidney, to attend the meeting.       “The main purpose of the meeting was to implement the decision made during       the 10th Meeting of the Chinese Diplomats in Foreign Counties held in       mid-August of 2004, at the suggestion of Hu Jintao, the General Secretary       of the CCP, to make Australia part of the “Great Border Area” of China.       They asked each consulate to provide its point of view and suggestions for       the next step.       “During the meeting, Zhou Wenzhong shared information about the CCP       Central Government’s strategic planning toward Australia and the United       States, which is related to the close ties between these two countries.       The CCP wants to break through the military union of the two countries and       turn Australia into a second France. It hopes to shape Australia into a       country that dares to say “no” to the United States.       “China first started crafting its plan to reshape Australia when it       learned that Australia was planning to give up ties with Asia in favor of       stronger ties with the United States. At that time the free trade       negotiations between Australia and the United States were at a climax and       Australia had high hopes of being included in the North America Free Trade       Agreement (NAFTA). Meanwhile, Australia had a big court case pending with       Guangdong Province in China, concerning natural gas, which was making it       less and less popular with the Chinese government.       “In March of 2003 Tang Jaixuan, the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs,       visited Australia and questioned the Australian government on certain       issues, including issues related to Falun Gong. On the day before Tang       Jiaxuan arrived in Canberra, Alexander Downer, the Australian Minister for       Foreign Affairs, signed an article banning Falun Gong practitioners from       setting up signs and banners or using loud speakers to protest in front of       the Chinese embassy. Since then Downer has continued to sign similar       articles every month, which has made Tang Jiaxuan very happy.       “That same year, China initiated the celebration of the 30-year       anniversary of the establishment of the relationship between China and       Australia. The Chinese government sent many groups to Australia to promote       Chinese culture and political ideology.       “In 2003 when Hu Jintao visited Australia he received unprecedented       treatment in Canberra. Bob Brown, a congressmen belonging to the Greens-       the opposition party- was not allowed to enter the building where congress       was being held. This was done to prevent the attendance of dissidents and       Falun Gong practitioners that might have shown up as the congressman’s       guests. Hu Jintao was delighted and commented to his staff that this was a       sign that the Australian government could be influenced.       “In 2005 when Wu Bangguo visited Australia, he requested the same       treatment— not to see or hear any protestors or dissidents. Next Year,       China plans to send Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to visit Australia,       and in 2007 Hu Jintao will be in Australia to attend the World Economic       Summit.”       The CCP Thinks The Australian Government Can Be Bought       “Over the past several years, Chinese officials have successfully built       close personal relationships with their Australian counterparts, all for       the purpose of establishing leverage in the Australian government. The CCP       is convinced that the Australian government can be coerced to follow its       aims through application of economic pressures and incentives. It plans to       use economic pressure to force Australia to cave on political and human       rights issues.       “The dialogue on human rights between China and Australia over the past       several years was merely a show put on to appease the Australian public.       In fact, there was no progress made. When high-ranking Australian       officials visited China, they did not raise any human right issues. I knew       what was said during their visits, because a summary news brief of each       visit was sent to the consulate.”       Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Helped the CCP to Wriggle Out of a       Difficult Lawsuit       “Due to the nature of my work as a diplomat, I have witnessed many       instances of secret dealing between the Chinese and Australian       governments, and such knowledge has weighed heavily on my conscience. I       know that the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Chinese       Embassy in Canberra share all of their information with each other. The       Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs even gives suggestions to the       Chinese government on how to handle difficult political issues.       “For example, Zhang Cuiying, a Falun Gong practitioner, lodged a lawsuit       in the Supreme Court of New South Wales against the former Chinese       president and the 6-10 Office for genocide, torture and crimes against       humanity. Based on an article of the national amnesty code of Australia,       the lawsuit was not handled by the Department of Foreign Affairs and       Trade, but by a special substitute process. This greatly embarrassed the       Chinese government and caused it much distress, because it did not want to       have to face Falun Gong practitioners in open court proceedings.       “To help the CCP, the Australian Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade       provided several solutions. Dr. Geoff Raby, Deputy Secretary of the       Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, promised the Chinese       government that when he visited China in March, 2005 that he would ask for       the materials from the Supreme Court, cancel the lawsuit by the Falun Gong       practitioners and put an end to the charges against the Chinese leader.       Raby later regretted making this offer.       “The Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade offered another solution: to       have the Chinese government send a representative to stand trial in place       of the leader, and thus expedite the lawsuit. The Chinese government did       not adopt this suggestion and instead decided to put pressure on the       ministry, which resulted in the ministry’s cooperation in preparing many       legal documents to assist the CCP.”       Chen ended the press conference with this comment: “I have witnessed too       many secret deals between the Australian and Chinese governments. I am       really concerned that I will be betrayed. Therefore, in case I should run       into sudden misfortune, I have spoken my mind to the public.”       Please see Part I, ”Chinese Defector Tells of Government Plot” and Part       II, ”Chen Yonglin Describes Abduction by Chinese Agents in Australia”.       (http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-6-24/29770.html)
ï»ż       Hao Fengjun Reveals Facts of the ‘610 Office’       Hao Fengjun, from Model Police Officer to 610 Office Defector       By Li Hua       The Epoch Times       Jun 19, 2005             Hao Fengjun being interviewed (The Epoch Times)       MELBOURNE - Hao Fengjun never thought his visit to Melbourne’s Epoch Times       office on June 4, 2005 would send shock waves throughout Western society.       Hao chose to step forward to tell people why he defected from his post as       a police officer in China’s notorious 610 Office. He risked his own and       his family’s lives to help people understand the situation in China.       A Model Police Officer at the Public Security Bureau Branch Office       Hao Fengjun was once a model police officer. He believes that law       enforcement is a sacred profession. As a child he loved martial arts and       dreamed of becoming a policeman. He realized this dream when, in 1994, he       graduated from the Department of Law in Nankai University and joined the       Heping district branch of public security bureau in Tianjin city.       â€œI was a public security police officer in Heping district, Tianjin city       from 1994 to 2000. I thought a policeman should punish evil, encourage       kindness and promote righteousness. This is how I thought and this is how       I worked. I received excellent ratings almost every year. I solved two       large-scale drug-deals and several robbery cases and was awarded Detective       Third Grade. In the chief police officer election in 1998, I was elected       to be a first-level police officer. I led over a dozen policemen from my       office to protect the area. I felt that I had reached the peak of my       career.”       No Policeman Wants to Work at the ‘610 Office’       In October 2000, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) transformed the Tianjin       public security division into a public security bureau. This was a       combination of the former department of administration and security with       the mechanism of the ‘610 Office.’ (Editors’ Note: the ‘610 Office’ is a       Gestapo-like special security force charged with “eradicating” the       practice of Falun Gong, using any means however brutal.) The change       improved the ability of the ‘610 Office’ to suppress the meditation       practice Falun Gong. The ‘610 Office’ has the power to issue orders to       outside organizations and conduct other organizations’ investigations.       Although the ‘610 Office’ openly recruited within the public security       system, it received only one application. The Tianjin public security       bureau came up with a solution- to arbitrarily transfer people. Under       orders from the Tianjin public security bureau, each branch office uses a       computer program to pick at random which employees have to transfer to the       municipal security bureau. If the person fails to register at the       municipal security bureau, he will be dismissed from work. Unfortunately       Hao Fengjun was selected and transferred to the place that nobody wants to       be.       610 The Nightmare Begins       The first day that Hao Fengjun stepped into the ‘610 Office’, he knew it       was not the right place for him.       When he joined the ‘610 Office’ in October of 2000, there were over 40       people in one office. Hao Fengjun’s boss handed him a thick stack of       records, including details about the supposed crimes of Tianjin Falun Gong       practitioners and the CCP’s guidelines about Falun Gong. Hao’s boss asked       the newly transferred 27-year-old young man to “learn, study and memorize”       the materials in order to build a “solid foundation” for future       assignments requiring him to persecute Falun Gong.       â€œThey tried to brainwash me. It goes on every day,” Hao Fengjun said. “I       was never able to put my heart into it or sit still. I knew the ‘610       Office’ monitored, arrested, and persecuted innocent people such as Falun       Gong practitioners and other dissidents. I was tired of it. In the end I       just showed up at the office but I did not do any work. I didn’t think       this was the kind of job that a true policeman would do. Whenever I could       no longer read the materials and wanted to walk around, seniors in the       office who were quietly reading the newspaper would turn around and look       at me. I felt suffocated.”       The seniors at the ‘610 Office’s are CCP cadres who have worked for years       in the department of administration and security. According to Hao, they       regard punishing dissidents for the CCP as their career. They do not trust       the young men who have transferred from local offices. Hao said he could       not always escape by walking around the office and had to learn to bear       it.       He wasn’t happy at home either. The excitement he once felt from solving       cases was replaced with silence and despair.       â€œIn the ‘610 Office’ people talked to each other with their hands covering       their mouth. They keep their voices low and are always looking around.       After being in such an environment for a long time, people even talked       like this in public. People are always afraid of being heard and are       paranoid, as if they have mental problems.”       The ‘610 Office’ Has a Yearly Arrest Quota       When Hao Fengjun started to work for the ‘610 Office’ he was assigned to       the 1st Team. “As a member of the ‘610 Office’ my job was to guide and       coordinate with local offices to crack down on Falun Gong and analyze       collected materials.”       A lot of information came from overseas. Hao Fengjun said, “The Australian       government has been saying that only the key Falun Gong members would be       dealt with [by the CCP] and ordinary practitioners would not be punished.       I think the Australian government does not understand the true nature of       the CCP. If it only targets key members, it should be limited to a       small-scale operation and would not involve every level of the police       force. If it were a small-scale operation, the authorities would not care       about what practitioners in other parts of the world are doing. However,       Falun Gong practitioners all over the world are under CCP surveillance. I       personally received intelligence information about Falun Gong       practitioners in Australia, the United States and Canada. The CCP collects       information on overseas Falun Gong practitioners. They hope to develop       strategies and policies to dissolve the Falun Gong group internationally,       eventually eliminating the group.”       The CCP’s monitoring of Falun Gong includes those practitioners who live       in Tianjin. “Over 30,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Tianjin have been       registered. Every year superiors give the police a 10-percent quota. This       means that the number of people the police detain, put into forced labor       camps, juvenile re-education camps, or brainwashing classes must be 10       percent of the total number of practitioners. Take 30,000 Falun Gong       practitioners as an example. Ten percent is 3,000 practitioners.” So Hao       had to arrest, detain and brutally “transform” eight or ten Falun Gong       practitioners every day.       Since November 2004 when The Epoch Times published the series of editorial       articles the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party”, the ‘610 Office’       has had additional work.       â€œThe ‘610 Office’ of the public security bureau is responsible for       monitoring and analyzing those who resign from the CCP. Every resignation       published on the Epoch Times Tuidang (Quit the CCP) website is reviewed by       the city where it was posted. The Tianjin public security bureau has a       Falun Gong database with 30,000 Falun Gong practitioners’ records. They       monitor the withdrawal website every day. For example, every day a report       with a list of names that resigned from the CCP is generated. They search       the Falun Gong database for matched names and more information, including       which local office they belong to. The information is passed to the local       office and the local office then handles the cases. In that way, whoever       publishes a resignation with their real name will be arrested.”       All News about Falun Gong Coming from the ‘610 Office’ is Fake       â€œSince I did not want to get involved in these activities and did not want       to pressure local offices, I was not able to complete my quota. From a       policeman who got rewards every year, I gradually became a policeman who       failed to meet the requirements of the ‘610 Office’ and who finally lost       his job as a police officer. I was demoted to the support staff.”       Hao Fengjun went on: “Actually the staff at the branch level is not       willing to persecute the detainees that they work with every day. Falun       Gong practitioners could be their next-door neighbors. How could they       possibly detain them? And they did not do anything wrong - how could we do       it?”       After witnessing Sun Ti, a Falun Gong practitioner, being beaten by the       police at the ‘610 Office’ (Case 103 by the ‘610 Office’), Hao Fengjun       felt that he could not work there any more. “Sun Ti was one of more than       70 Falun Gong practitioners that had been arrested. I saw her sitting on a       bench in the interrogation room. Her eyes were practically swollen shut.       The interrogator was Mu Ruili, the 2nd team leader of the ‘610 Office.' He       had in his hands a steel rod 1.5 centimeters in diameter. On the desk was       a high-voltage electric baton. After I came into the room, Mu Ruili was       ordered to leave. Sun Ti cried. She lifted her blouse and showed us her       wounds. Because she was a woman I wanted to leave. She asked me to stay       and said that she only wanted to show me. She turned around and lifted up       her clothes. I was shocked. There was not one piece of normal skin in her       back. Her back was all black and blue with two 20-centimeter-long cuts       oozing blood.       â€œAt that moment, I felt my heart break.       â€œI once told my boss that I was incapable of doing this job. I asked him       to let me go back to the local office. My boss said: ‘That’s not going to       happen. It took us so long to collect these people and we still need more       help. How can I let you go? Once you are here, you cannot leave.’ In the       end, my boss did transfer me to a team that does not handle Falun Gong       cases, the 4th team. Later I became my boss’ driver.       â€œThe CCP said that it treats Falun Gong like ‘breeze and rain during       spring time,' and like a parent disciplining their children. I would just       like to know: Would parents starve their children and beat them to death?       â€œOrdinary people can’t see the truth about Falun Gong. They only hear       slurs the CCP has invented about how Falun Gong is harmful to people,       inventions such as the ‘self-immolation incident in Tiananmen Square’[1]       and the Beggar Murderer cases (in which a series of murders committed by a       man with a long history of mental problems was blamed on Falun Gong.) The       CCP wants people to think that Falun Gong is an evil cult. The government       blames all society’s ills on Falun Gong.       â€œThe CCP’s media only broadcasts pictures of very clean and neat labor       camps with policeman treating Falun Gong practitioners humanely. They say       the government’s compassionate treatment moves Falun Gong practitioners to       tears. All those scenes are fabricated. The people you see might not be       genuine Falun Gong practitioners. I saw the making of one of these       fabricated TV programs. One CCTV (China Central TV) reporter interviewed       the Falun Gong practitioner Jing Zhanyi in our bureau. Even the ‘610’       policemen thought the things Jing Zhanyi said were completely untrue. I       witnessed how the head of our bureau ‘taught’ Mr. Jing what to say before       the interview. He threatened Mr. Jing that if he failed to say what he was       told, Jing’s detention would be extended. Mr. Jing recited his lines like       an actor.”       Being against the CCP Is Not Betraying China       Hao Fengjun made up his mind to leave the control of the CCP and explore       the democracy and freedom in the West. He finally arrived in Melbourne on       February 15, 2005, and applied for asylum. In Australia on June 8, Hao       Fengjun publicly announced his resignation from the CCP in front of the       media.       Hao Fengjun said, “The thing that touches me the most is that the       Australian people can say what they want when they want, anything from joy       to anger. But in China it is impossible for people to express their       feelings. There is no medium for them to vent their joy or anger. They do       not have that freedom. They have to bear their suffering silently.       â€œSomeone accused me and Chen Yongli of betraying China. I want to ask this       person: If in Australia the Green Party or the Labor Party disagrees with       John Howard’s policies, do you think it is unpatriotic? The notion that       being against the CCP means that you are against China is the result of       the CCP’s incessant brainwashing.       â€œI love my country and the Chinese people. It is a beautiful country with       abundant resources. But I am against the way the CCP treats the Chinese       people and I am against its prosecution of dissidents. Several days ago I       quit the CCP and other CCP related organizations - the Youth League and       the Young Pioneers. All of a sudden I felt light and relieved. I felt as       refreshed as grass covered in early morning dew.”       Advice to Chinese People in Australia       Hao Fengjun said: “Life in Australia is tougher than life in China. The       reason I came here is not to seek a better material life, but to look for       a way to extricate myself from the heavy burden of my experiences. I want       to expose their dark nature to the people of the world so they will have a       better understanding of the CCP.”       â€œAs a former employee of the CCP’s public security system, I recognize the       fabrications of my ex-coworkers when I read them in news articles. I hope       those who know the truth about the CCP will tell the truth. Those who work       as the CCP’s mouthpiece and do secret work for the CCP, please step down.       Your behavior and your articles clearly expose you. Your intention is well       known. When the CCP collapses, how will you face your own people?”       Note:       [1] On January 23, 2001, a small group of people apparently set themselves       on fire in China’s Tiananmen Square. The state-run Xinhua news agency       reported the incident with unusual speed, claiming that the immolators       were practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual practice. Evidence shows       that this incident was staged, a ploy used to turn public opinion against       a group already persecuted for their beliefs.       To view a slow-motion analysis of the film of the incident, please go to       www.faluninfo.net/videosonline.asp (http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-6-19/29645.html) Copyright 2004 - The Epoch Times The book of <<9 Comments on CCP>> can be free downloaded from: http://www.theepochtimes.com/jiuping.asp ****The Statements of Defecting Chinese Sparks Debate in Canadian Parliament****** Following the statements made by defecting Chinese agents about the Chinese spy network in Canada, the threat of Chinese spies in Canada is getting more recognition from the government. According to Hao Fengiun, a former “610 Office” agent in China, there are over 1000 agents in Canada whose primary task is to imform on Falun Gong and other religious grougs persecuted by the Chinese government. Conservative leader Stephen Harper pressed Prime Minister Paul Martin in the House of Commons Wednesday for not doing more to protect Canadians and defend the nation's soverignty from foreign agents. “Today the former head of the CSIS [Canadian Security and Intelligence Service] Asia desk confirmed reports from defectors that close to 1000 Chinese government agent spies have infiltrated Canada,” said Harper. “Did the Prime Minister explicitly raise this violation of our sovereignty when he met with leading Chinese government officials in Beijing earlier this year?” Asked Harper. The Prime Minister indicated that he did raise the issue when he met with Chinese officials. (http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-6-17/29623.html)
        Chinese Defector in Belgium Exposes Industrial Spying in Europe       Student association provides cover for member of a network of Chinese       communist industrial spies in several European nations       By Lea Zhou and John Nania       The Epoch Times       http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-7-5/30079.html       Jul 05, 2005             A man walks by Alcatel in Hanoi, Vietnam in October 2004. Alcatel is             a target of infiltration by Chinese industrial spies in Europe.             (AFP/Getty Images)       A Chinese defector in Belgium has exposed a long-running, widespread       Chinese Communist Party (CCP) industrial spy network operating in Europe.       The latest in a growing list of officials defecting from China to Western       countries was a board member of a Chinese student association in Leuven,       Belgium, according to Claude Moniquet, CEO of European Strategic       Intelligence Security Center (ESISC), in an interview with The Epoch Times.       Like recent defectors in Australia and Canada, the defector in Belgium has       yet to be given political asylum, so his exact identity has not been made       public.       Moniquet noted that industries that are targets of Chinese spies in Europe       “are all industries with a high level of research and development and with       high added value,” those with key industrial secrets.       “They need to steal these economic and scientific secrets to go faster in       their economic development,” Moniquet said.       He cited pharmaceutical, high tech, telecommunications, space, aviation       and medical industries as particular targets.       The network of spies operating from Belgium is certainly active also in       The Netherlands and France, and possibly also in the U.K. and Germany,       said Moniquet. The students, who may either be military personnel in       disguise as students, or “just normal average Chinese students, put under       high pressure by Beijing” to spy, make wide-ranging connections and take       positions in various companies throughout Northern Europe.       Economic Interests Keep Western Government Silent       Politicians in Europe have known about this particular network of spies in       Belgium for about two years, but have kept silent in order not to       jeopardize trade relations with China.       “The intelligence and security services in Europe are under high pressure       from the politicians because the politicians don’t want any trouble with       China,” said Moniquet. The politicians know that “China is stealing the       secrets and spying on the dissidents in Europe, but they have the       possibility to sell what they want to sell to China.”       “It is very short-term thinking,” said Moniquet. “If you think, ‘That’s       OK, Beijing could spy, but we will sell them what we want’--it will be       true for a few years, but in 10 years, in 15 years, in 20 years--it will       be over, because they will have everything they need. They won’t have to       buy European products.       “So clearly this is not the way to build a real common-interest       relationship with China.”       Independent Verification from Various Nations       In Australia, diplomat Chen Yonglin and policeman Hao Fengun have defected       recently and have come forward to give descriptions and documents of       networks of over 1000 spies each in Australia and Canada. They revealed       details of spying on Falun Gong practitioners and others whose human       rights the CCP actively violates, both at home and abroad.       Defector Han Guangsheng in Canada, a one-time CCP Public Security Bureau       deputy director, corroborated the spying and human rights violations.       Moniquet said that, in addition to the economic gains from spying in       Europe, “The other point is that China is not a democracy and they use       their spying ring to spy on dissidents, to spy the opposition, to spy the       Falun Gong, for instance, and this is not acceptable for a democratic       state.”       Moniquet emphasized that the majority of Chinese students in Europe are       not spies, but the minority of ordinary students who are coerced into       spying is due to “the nature of the Chinese communist regime in China,       which makes it very easy to put some people under pressure by intimidating       the family, by forbidding them to come back to China and so on, and so       even if a student doesn’t want to spy, he could be forced to spy.”       Moniquet’s ESISC is a private organization that has close contact with       intelligence and government entities in Europe. He said he was asked not       to name the specific companies affected by this recent defector in       Belgium, due to publicity concerns and also due to judiciary       investigations not yet having begun in some of the affected countries. Copyright 2004 - The Epoch Times
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