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China Democracy Party (Simplified Chinese: 中国民主党; Traditional Chinese: 中國民主黨; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Dǎng) is a banned political party in the People's Republic of China. It is currently head by Xie Wanjun. Its headquarters is Empire State Building Room 625, New York. It advocated a multi-party system. It was founded in 1998 by some democracy activists and former student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Members of the Forming Committee were arrested in 1998. Some of the members of the party fled to the United States and continued the party. The China Development Union also appeared at the time. Cyberdissident He Depu, who is arrested in a correction facility was a member of the party. Image File history File links CDP_logo. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... Xie Wanjun (Simplified Chinese: 谢万军; Traditional Chinese: 謝萬軍; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsieh Wan-chün) (born July 10, 1967) a political activist that fled to the United States. ... The Empire State Building, a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style building in New York City, was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon and finished in 1931. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... The Unknown Rebel — This famous photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener, depicts a lone protester whose actions halted the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour. ... He Depu (born October 28, 1956) is a former dissident in the Peoples Republic of China. ...


It suggests the ideas of "Richness Fairness Democracy" (富裕 公平 民主) and "Freedom Law Human-Rights" (自由 法制 人权/人權).


External links

  • China Democracy Party
  • China Democracy Party Overseas
  • Human Rights Watch on the China Democracy

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AFP-991224-China-Democracy-Party (480 words)
The China Democracy Party, which has been outlawed and most of whose leaders are in jail, issued the bold call in a "declaration for the people" released to international media.
Party officials have accused the government of using stability as the "fit all excuse" to crack down on dissidents and delay political reform.
In the democracy party's "New Century Declaration," the party also issued policy directions for the most urgent problems China is facing.
China: Nipped In The Bud - Genesis of the China Democracy Party (3955 words)
China: Nipped In The Bud - Genesis of the China Democracy Party
The CDP first emerged during a period of political thaw in China that some publications referred to as a "Beijing Spring." Over a period of roughly a year, from September 1997 to mid-November 1998, Chinese authorities relaxed official control over intellectual debate and expression of political views.
The CDP calls upon persons of the democracy movement in the various regions nationwide to enter the CDP, to prepare and establish local committees of the CDP in the various provinces and cities, to elect and appoint delegates, to take part in the National Delegates Congress and to organize a nationwide committee.
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