On the eve of the military parade of the Chinese Communist Party on September 3rd, some Chinese people gathered in front of the White House in the United States to petition, urging leaders and government officials of Western countries, including the United States, to boycott the CCP’s military parade.
The organizer of the event and adviser to the Democratic China Front, Bai Jiemin, rushed from New York to Washington, D.C. to participate in the protest. He told Epoch Times that the CCP is an illegal regime, and other countries should not stand with it.
He said, “The CCP carried out a massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989. We do not want American and other world leaders to attend the military parade on September 3rd and support the CCP.”
“What legitimacy does the CCP have?”
Bai Jiemin expressed, “During the anti-Japanese war, the Kuomintang was always fighting against Japan. The CCP not only did not fight against Japan, but also colluded with the Japanese militarists and attacked the Kuomintang forces! This is a fact!”
According to historical records: In the eight-year anti-Japanese war, the Kuomintang’s National Army engaged in 22 large-scale battles, over 3,100 major battles, and 38,931 small-scale skirmishes; killing more than 2.76 million Japanese soldiers, capturing and accepting the surrender of over 1.27 million Japanese soldiers, and nearly 800,000 Japanese civilians. The National Army had 3.21 million casualties; out of the 129 Japanese generals killed in China, 126 were killed by the Kuomintang forces.
Regarding the “Hundred Regiments Offensive” led by Peng Dehuai, which was the only offensive operation launched by the CCP during the war, historians widely believe that it was a propaganda exaggeration and not a truly significant battle. Mao Zedong criticized it at the subsequent Lu Shan Conference, saying, “Attacking the Japanese was actually helping Chiang Kai-shek. At that time, there was a stand-off between the Communist Party, the Kuomintang, and the Japanese. We wanted the Kuomintang and the Japanese to fight to the death while we grew stronger in the process.”
Some Kuomintang generals believe that the CCP’s effort during the war was “one part anti-Japanese, two parts against the Kuomintang, and seven parts self-development. Over 95% of the victory in the anti-Japanese war was led by the Kuomintang, not the Communist Party.”
Bai Jiemin stated, “Mao Zedong himself said that we should thank the Japanese. Without the Japanese, he would not have been able to seize power.”
During the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan in 1972, Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei apologized to Mao Zedong, saying, “Oh, I’m sorry, we initiated an aggressive war that caused a lot of harm to China.”
Mao Zedong replied, “There is no need to apologize, you made a contribution! Why is it a contribution? Because if you hadn’t initiated the war against China, how could our Communist Party become strong? How could we seize power? How could we defeat Chiang Kai-shek? How can we thank you? We don’t need war reparations from you!”
Another democracy advocate protesting the CCP’s military parade on September 3rd, Qin Zhangjue, told Epoch Times that he hopes world leaders will see the true nature of the CCP.
He said, “The Communist Party is the enemy of the Chinese people and also the enemy of the people of the world.”
Qin himself was imprisoned in a Shanghai detention center for over a year for supporting the students in Tiananmen Square in 1989 through the organization “Shanghai Workers Support Federation.”
Zhao Shanchu, a Christian who participated in the petition, had his residential area in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, locked down by the CCP during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was detained for several days for flipping over the barricades in his neighborhood. In addition to protesting the CCP’s military parade, Zhao also suggested that the U.S. government freeze the overseas assets of CCP leaders.
It is reported that heads of state from Western countries, including Europe and America, will collectively boycott the CCP’s military parade on September 3rd.