Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A728-O207

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Release Date: August 22, 2012

发布日：2012年8月22日

Topic: "The Great Changes in China" 2012 International Conference Hold in the Danish Capital, Copenhagen (the Epoch Times)

标题：《大变革的中国》2012国际研讨会在丹麦首都哥本哈根召开（大纪元时报）

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"The Great Changes in China" 2012 International Conference Hold in the Danish Capital, Copenhagen (the Epoch Times)

[Epoch Times, August 19, 2012] (reported by the Epoch Times reporters Lin Da and Shu Yi from Copenhagen, Denmark) On August 18, 2012, the Chinese Democratic Front (CDF) and the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition (OCDC) jointly held an international conference titled "The Great Changes in China" in the Danish Capital, Copenhagen. Attendees made special trips from far away including from the United States, Australia, and Hong Kong. Many democratic activists who care about China's future came from various European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark.

Mr. Wei Jingsheng, OCDC chair and famous democracy leader; Mr. Pan Qing, senior democracy activist; Dr. Qian Yuejun, famous legal expert from Germany and chief editor of "European Chinese Herald"; Dr. Wang Cheng, National Committee of Chinese Democratic Party; Dilshat Rexit, the spokesman of the World Uighur Congress and East Turkestan (Xinjiang) from Sweden; Dr. Liu Gang, CDF chair in Denmark, etc. spoke at the conference. Participants spoke their minds on various related issues, with enthusiastic discussion in a lively atmosphere.

The background for convening this conference was, as written by the organizers in their announcement: "The harsh realities of social conflict, ethnic conflict, ruler conflict, and environmental catastrophe have become increasingly prominent in China. The varied chaos of the internal power struggle within the Communist leadership before its 18th Congress illustrates that the rule of the Communist one-party dictatorship is about to collapse. The systemic crisis due to the one-party dictatorship has already become a major bottleneck for China in developing a sustainable future."

Thus, the focus of discussions became questions such as: How is China to maintain social stability under the premise of a free development of the people? How is China to embark a feasible path to change from an autocracy into a constitutional democracy? How can we bring together the international forces to support the cause of democracy in China, as well as to participate in and to promote a great change?

Residing in the Netherlands, Mr. Wang Guoxing, the CDF chair and the OCDC Deputy Secretary-General, was the organizer and also one of initiators for this conference. Regarding the purpose for holding this conference, he told this reporter: "In this year of 2012, increasing sentiments raging with the Chinese people include events such as the cases of Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai, and of Wang Lijun. Meanwhile, there are dramatic changes in the upper levels of the Communist leadership as well. We realize that an era of great change for China has started. We have the responsibility to invite all these experts from overseas together, to discuss a way for movement toward Chinese democracy. Within this movement there are various issues related to law, human rights, and ethnic groups that we hope to discuss fully in this conference. Now, in the hearts of the Chinese people, they have already rejected and abandoned the Communist regime. In this process of mind change, there is a lot of thought and anxiety. During this period, as a political organization, we should enthusiastically take the responsibility to guide the public and to generate new ideas.

Mr. Wei Jingsheng, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, said: "For a country and a society to be maintained, the law is very important. However, the most important thing related to the law is whether the people believe in the sincerity of law. In the several cases people are concerned about, such as Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai, and even including Zhou Kehua who was supposedly shot to death recently, people just do not believe the Chinese government. The true issue revealed through these cases is that, regardless whatever the Chinese government claims, with or without evidence, the Chinese people just do not believe it. When the people do not believe the government, then it is hard to maintain from within. The Communist Party has already entered chaos. Before, it was only we who talked about China's need for democracy and freedom, etc. But now all the Chinese people are echoing this need and thinking about it. Even within the Communist leadership, there are many people who think that without political reform, if the people' will is not followed, then the regime will not be able to be maintained. People would revolt; even many people within the Communist Party would revolt. When the fundamental base for maintaining the country is gone, most importantly when the people do not believe the Communist regime, where could the regime get its authority? A government without authority is indeed difficult to maintain."

Mr. Wei went on to say: "So how can we encourage the international community to assist the Chinese people to rebel? We need to start thinking of these issues now and start to work on them. Time is very urgent and we have to prepare for a great change in China."

Although the conference went on for a whole day, there were still a lot of participants who held strong concerns and a responsibility to China that did not want to leave. They continued a lively and active discussion.

The second day of the conference, on August 19, included the Tenth Congress of the Chinese Democratic Front and the European working meeting of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, held at the same time.

For more details about these meetings, please stay tuned for the follow-up reports.

For original report in Chinese, please visit:

http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/12/8/19/n3662706.htm

Related photos:

1. "The Great Changes in China" 2012 International Conference in Copenhagen:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2012/newsletters2012-3/CopenhagenConference120818discussion.jpg

2. From left to right: Dr. Qian Yuejun, Wei Jingsheng, Dr. Liu Gang, Pan Qing (photo credit: Lin Da of the Epoch Times):

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2012/newsletters2012-3/CopenhagenConference120818panel.jpg

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A728-O207

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A728-O207

Release Date: August 22, 2012

发布日：2012年8月22日

Topic: "The Great Changes in China" 2012 International Conference Hold in the Danish Capital, Copenhagen (the Epoch Times)

标题：《大变革的中国》2012国际研讨会在丹麦首都哥本哈根召开（大纪元时报）

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《大变革的中国》2012国际研讨会召开

【大纪元2012年08月19日讯】（大纪元记者林达、淑仪丹麦哥本哈根采访报导）8月18日，由「民主中国阵线」和「中国民主运动海外联席会议」联合举办的2012《大变革的中国》国际研讨会在丹麦首都哥本哈根召开。与会人员有专程远道从美国、澳洲、香港而来，也有在欧洲各国诸如德国、荷兰、瑞典、挪威、丹麦的民运人士和关心中国前途、命运的华人。

中国民主运动海外联席会议主席、著名民运领袖魏京生先生、资深民运人士潘晴先生、著名旅德法律专家、《欧华导报》主编钱跃君博士、中国民主党全委会美国委员会王澄博士、旅居瑞典的世界维吾尔代表大会发言人、东土耳其斯坦（新疆）的迪里夏提、丹麦民阵主席刘刚等在研讨会上发表了演讲。与会人士针对各种有关问题，畅所欲言，热烈讨论，气氛活跃。

召开这次研讨会的背景，组织者在通告中写道：「当今中国各种人权迫害引发的群体事件此起彼伏，社会矛盾、民族矛盾、统治危机和环境灾难的严酷性日益凸显。中共内部在十八大召开前夕的各种内斗乱象显示，中共一党独裁的统治即将崩溃，由一党独裁所造成的制度性危机，已成为中国未来可持续发展的主要瓶颈。」

那么，「如何维护在人的自由发展前提下的社会稳定？如何走出一条由专制变革为民主宪政的可行路径？如何汇集支持中国民主事业的国际力量，参与和推动中国这一场伟大的变革？」成为此次会议的讨论焦点。

旅居荷兰的「民主中国阵线」主席及「中国民主运动海外联席会议」副秘书长王国兴先生是此次研讨会的组织者，也是发起者之一。在谈到举办这次会议的出发点时，他对本报记者说：「今年２０１２年以来，国内民情汹涌，包括薄谷事件、王立军事件之后，中国上层政治也发生了巨大的变化。我们意识到，中国大变动时期已经开始了。我们有责任邀请海外各路专家聚集一堂，来讨论中国民主化运动的出路，其中也包括很多法律、人权、民族等各方面问题，希望能在这次会上有充分的讨论。现在老百姓的心目中，对中共政权已经否决和放弃了。人心思变的过程中会有很多思路和焦虑，作为政治组织，在这个时期应该踊跃承担起引导民情，产生新思路的责任。」

中国民主运动海外联席会议主席魏京生先生讲道：「一个国家，一个社会要维持下去，法律非常重要。而法律最重要的在于，老百姓相不相信你，这是最根本的。现在大家都挺关心最近的几个案子：薄熙来、谷开来，包括最近被打死的周克华，是否真的是打死，老百姓还不相信。这里面真正的问题是，不管政府说甚么，拿不拿得出证据，反正老百姓就是不相信。当老百姓都不相信这个政府时，这个政府的内部也很难维持下去了，已经是进入混乱的局面了。以前是我们在说，中国需要民主，需要自由等等，而现在是全国老百姓都在这么说、这么想，现在甚至连中共内部很多人也在想，如果再不进行政治改革，如果再不按老百姓意愿去走的话，那就维持不下去了！老百姓要造反，中共内部也有很多人要造反，你赖以维持这个国家的基本的东西都没有了，最关键是老百姓已经不相信政府了，那权威从哪来呢！一个没有权威的政府确实很难维持下去。」

魏先生说：「怎样能够促使国际社会能够协助中国老百姓的造反，这些方面大家都可以开始思考了，可以着手做起来了，时间确实已经很急迫了，我们要准备迎接中国的大变革！」

虽然会议经过了一整天的时间，晚上仍然有许多对中国有着强烈关切与责任的与会者迟迟不愿散去，活跃而积极的探讨仍然在持续中。

8月19日第二天，「民主中国阵线」第十届代表大会和「中国民主运动海外联席会议」欧洲工作会议也同期举行。

有关会议的详细信息，敬请关注后续报导。

原文报道：

http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/12/8/19/n3662706.htm