Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A1647-O387

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A1647-O387

Release Date: March 14, 2024

发布日：2024年3月14日

Topic: US Congresswoman Kaptur’s Statement On Formation Of Congress On China’s Directions

标题：卡普图尔议员关于中国国是会议成立的声明

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Kaptur Statement On Formation Of Congress On China’s Directions

March 4, 2024

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement at a press conference announcing the formation of the Congress on China’s Directions.

“Thank you all so much for the invitation to this very urgent press conference to announce the founding of the first Congress on China’s Directions. Wei Jingsheng, Wang Dan, and Wang Juntao, your leadership in initiating this Congress to organize champions for Liberty who support a free and open China could not come at a more urgent time. Tragically, the Chinese regime has a deeply troubling record of human rights under Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has navigated further to autocratic rule and suppression. Together, we can carry forward the flame of human rights and democracy in China, and across the world.

“As we speak, hundreds of thousands of Uyghur Muslims are languishing in concentration camps in Northwest China. Hundreds if not more Tibetans continue to suffer under detention, yet heroically continue the struggle for self-determination. Meanwhile, millions of Chinese workers toil away at penny wage jobs to benefit the Chinese regime and its increasingly aggressive posture on the global stage. With such an ancient and rich culture, the Chinese people deserve better than this brutish and crude oppression. Just as China shows a blatant disdain for human rights and rule of law in its own country, she tramples upon international law and seeks to overturn the global rules-based order.

“As a strategic competitor, China seeks to spread its propaganda and tear down the virtues of democracy and would seek to replace the blessings of Liberty with an oppressive and dark ideology. China’s complacent support for Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, its bolstering of the North Korean dictatorial state, and engagement with the fanatical Iranian regime demonstrates its central role in the developing Spider Web of Tyranny that is rising up to snuff out freedom. Even as China undermines Liberty on the continents of Europe and Asia, we see it investing millions in developing nations in South America and Africa, spreading its undemocratic and tyrannical influence through infrastructure diplomacy like the Belt and Road Initiative.

“We must stand against the Chinese Communist Party’s military threat and worst intentions. The Congress on China’s Directions provides the critical forum to organize such a stand and find a path forward to a peaceful and free China. As a former Member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and founder of the Victims of Communism Caucus, I join my colleagues in recommitting to work to hold China accountable on its deeply disturbing record on human rights. Thank you all again for this great honor to contribute the voices of Ohio’s 9th district to your fight for human rights in China and globally. I look forward to working with you and my colleagues on a bipartisan basis to carry forward the torch for Liberty.”

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A1647-O387

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A1647-O387

Release Date: March 14, 2024

发布日：2024年3月14日

Topic: US Congresswoman Kaptur’s Statement On Formation Of Congress On China’s Directions

标题：卡普图尔议员关于中国国是会议成立的声明

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卡普图尔议员关于中国国是会议成立的声明

华盛顿特区 – 美国国会女议员马西•卡普图尔 (Marcy Kaptur，OH-09) 在宣布成立“中国国是会议”的新闻发布会上发表了以下声明。

“非常感谢大家邀请参加这次非常紧急的新闻发布会，宣布成立第一届中国国是会议。魏京生、王丹和王军涛，你们领导这次大会，将支持自由开放的中国的自由捍卫者组织起来得正是时候。可悲的是，习近平领导下的中国政权在人权方面有着令人深感不安的记录，中国共产党进一步走向独裁统治和镇压。团结在一起，我们可以在中国和全世界弘扬人权和民主的火焰。

“就在我们说话的时候，数十万维吾尔族穆斯林正在中国西北部的集中营中受苦受难。数百甚至更多的藏人继续在拘留中受苦，但仍英勇地继续争取自决的斗争。与此同时，数以百万计的中国工人辛苦工作，从事低薪工作，为中国政权及其在全球舞台上日益咄咄逼人的姿态谋利。拥有如此古老而丰富的文化的中国人民理应得到比这种野蛮和粗暴的压迫更好的待遇。正如中国公然蔑视自己国家的人权和法治一样，她也践踏国际法并试图推翻基于规则的全球秩序。

“作为战略竞争对手，中国寻求散布其宣传并摧毁民主的美德，还寻求用压迫性和黑暗的意识形态来取代自由的祝福。中国对俄罗斯非法入侵乌克兰、支持朝鲜独裁国家以及与狂热的伊朗政权接触的自满支持，表明了其在正在发展、扼杀自由的暴政蜘蛛网中扮演着核心角色。中国不仅在欧洲和亚洲大陆破坏自由，我们还看到它在南美和非洲的发展中国家投资数以百万的美元，通过“一带一路”等基础设施的外交来传播其不民主和专制的影响力。

“我们必须对抗中国共产党的军事威胁和最坏的意图。国是会议为组织这样的立场和寻找通向和平与自由的中国的道路提供了重要的场地。作为美国国会及行政部门中国委员会前成员和共产主义受害者核心小组的创始人，我与我的同事们一起将再次致力于追究中国对其令人深感不安的人权记录的责任。再次感谢大家让我能非常荣幸地为中国和全球的人权斗争贡献俄亥俄州第九选区的声音。我期待着与你和我的同事们在两党的基础上合作，传承自由的火炬。”

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