Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A845-O238

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A845-O238

Release Date: October 20, 2014

发布日：2014年10月20日

Topic: Supporting People in Hong Kong is also Supporting Ourselves, But How Do We Do It?（Huang Ciping's Speech at Support the People of Hong Kong Rally in Front of the Chinese Consulate in New York City）

标题：支持香港人民也是支持我们自己，我们怎么办？（黄慈萍在中国驻纽约总领馆前声援香港人民真普选集会上的讲话）

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Supporting People in Hong Kong is also Supporting Ourselves, But How Do We Do It?

-- Huang Ciping's Speech at Support the People of Hong Kong Rally in Front of the Chinese Consulate in New York City, on October 7, 2014

Thanks to the organizers for inviting me to speak at today's rally. I have always invited others to speak and am not used to speaking without any preparation. So I will just say what comes to my mind.

Thanks to Lao Ni for taking the lead for today's demonstration. We have known each other for so long since we tried to establish the first political party in opposition more than a quarter century ago. I still remember vividly that I invited you to our university and the students loved your talk.

Thanks also to Juntao for showing me the growth of your party. I have known you for more than 30 years now. I remember 20 years ago, I drove to Chicago to meet you, and then followed you to Minnesota in an effort to convince you unsuccessfully to establish a political opposition party against the Communist Party. You nicknamed me "the Female Party Head" instead.

After all these years, now we are all here together. We are here together to support the people in Hong Kong, for their voting rights. Many people have already said plenty about why we should support the people in Hong Kong and how important it is. But let me emphasize one idea: supporting the people in Hong Kong is also supporting ourselves, not just we here in the USA, but more so the people in Mainland China.

I see you chanting. I see you holding your signs to support people in Hong Kong in their demand for democracy, for a fair and just vote of their leader. Here you are, having been not just using words, but also taking actions to choose democracy - unable to vote in China by your hands, but choosing to come to vote for America by your feet.

Your actions speak louder than anything else, that you love freedom and democracy in this country despite it maybe being a difficult journey. Regardless what the initial motivation and the end result are, I trust this: you all love freedom and democracy. So do the people in Hong Kong, so do the people inside China. They all over freedom and democracy as well. So when we are here to support the people in Hong Kong, we are not just supporting our own goals, but also the goals of all Chinese people.

So what can we do besides being here today to chant in a demonstration of solidarity with people in Hong Kong? We should do more. I hope you will continue your support to people in Hong Kong even after this rally, every day, whenever you can. Learn as much as you can, and do as much as you can.

For example, you could conveniently use the modern day technology to spread the news, to express yourself, and to support freedom of information, one of the aspects of freedom. In particular, the Internet and cell phones are all good tools for us to spread the news, the truth, and the will of the people. I am really convinced of this and thus some people have titled me "with the psychology of a prodigy child". Maybe there is some truth, but this technology is easy to use by everyone now, not just by some retired "prodigy child". I myself recognize that to overthrow tyrants and build democracy, we cannot only rely on a few elites. We progress as time moves forward. We always could learn and should learn, to catch up with the technology trends of the world, to make democracy a big trend of the world that no one will be able to reverse.

So for those of you who are interested to learn, I do a little advertisement here. We will offer some workshops about the democracy movement and also Internet use, especially online security, on October 22. It will be a good opportunity to learn the skills to promote freedom of information, as well as to protect yourself and the others.

Thank you!

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A845-O238

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A845-O238

Release Date: October 20, 2014

发布日：2014年10月20日

标题：支持香港人民也是支持我们自己，我们怎么办？（黄慈萍在中国驻纽约总领馆前声援香港人民真普选集会上的讲话）

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支持香港人民也是支持我们自己，我们怎么办？

-- 黄慈萍在中国驻纽约总领馆前声援香港人民真普选集会上的讲话，2014年10月7日

感谢主办方邀请我在今天的集会上发言。我一直习惯于邀请别人说话，这次根本没有任何准备。所以就只好想到那，说到那。

也谢谢老倪在今天的集会上领头。我们彼此认识很久了。早在25年前，我们就一起组建第一个反对党。我还清楚地记得邀请你来我们大学演讲，学生们都很喜欢。

我还要感谢军涛向我展示你成长的队伍。我认识你都30多年了。记得20年前，我开车去芝加哥见你，然后跟着你到明尼苏达州努力想说服你领头建立一个反对共产党的反对党，却不成功。你还给我起了个“女党魁”的外号。

这些多年过去了。今天在这里，我们又都聚集在一起。我们在这里共同支持香港人，他们的投票权。很多人都已经说了很多，为什么我们要支持香港市民及其重要性。但我要强调的是：支持香港市民也是支持我们自己，不仅仅是我们这些已经在美国的人，更重要的是中国大陆的人民。

我看你们喊口号。我看你们手拿支持香港市民民主诉求和公正选举的标语。民主的诉求，不仅仅是语言，也是行动。你们不能用手在中国投票，就选择用脚投票到美国。

其实行动比口号更响亮。毫无异议，你热爱这个自由和民主的国家，尽管你的旅程也许是艰难的。无论起初的目的和最终的结果是什么，我相信一点：你们都热爱自由和民主。香港和大陆的人民也一样，他们也热爱自由和民主。所以，我们在这里支持香港人民，我们不仅仅只是为了支持自己的目标，我们也支持全中国人民的目标。

那么，除了今天对香港市民的声援，我们还能做什么？我们应该做得更多。我希望在这次集会结束后，你门还会每天尽自己所能地继续支持香港人民。努力学习，努力去做。

例如，你们可以方便地使用现代技术来传播新闻，来表达自己，支持信息自由--自由的一个重要方面。特别是现代的互联网和手机，是传播新闻、真相和人民意志的好工具。我真的是坚信这一点，虽说有人会批评我“神童心态”。也许这有一定的道理，但这些技术现在已经很容易被人们使用，而不再是什么已经退休了的“神童”的专利。我自己也认识到，要推翻暴君和建立民主，仅仅依靠少数精英是不行的。时代在向前发展，我们也要同时进步。我们应当学习，我们可以学习，赶上世界科技发展趋势，推动民主--这个世界政治发展的大趋势，是任何人都无法扭转的。

因此，对于你们中间谁有兴趣学习的人，我在此做个小广告。10月22日，我们将有一个有关民主运动，及使用互联网，尤其是网络安全方面的培训班。这将是一次很好的学习机会。你们需要和可以学会如何促进信息自由，并保护自己和其他人。

谢谢大家！