Democracy Party of China
|
Democracy Party of China
中国民主党 |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Founded | June 28, 1998 |
| Ideology |
Democracy Liberalism Anti-Communism Democratic Capitalism Conservatism |
| Website | |
| www.hqcdp.org/english | |
The Democracy Party of China (DPC; simplified Chinese: 中国民主党; traditional Chinese: 中國民主黨; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Dǎng) is a political party that started in the People's Republic of China, and was banned by the Communist Party of China (CPC). The history of the DPC and its foundation date is unclear because it has many historical paths under different groups of founders. It is generally recognized to have assembled in 1998 by democracy activists and former student leaders from the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 according to western sources.
While the earliest date listed for the founding to be June 25, 1998, the group registered the party on June 28, 1998 when US President Bill Clinton was visiting China.Wang Youcai, one of the main activists during the 1989 Tiananmen protest along with Wang Donghai and Lin Hui went to the Civil Public Affair Hall of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province to officially register this party. The registration was declined.
The next day on June 29, 1998, Wang was arrested by the state police at his home. He was charged with creating opposition against the Chinese government. His trial began on December 18, and as he had no lawyer defense, his trial lasted only a few hours. He was quickly sentenced on December 21, 1998 to 11 years of imprisonment and three years of deprivation of political rights for subversion.
On the same day, Xu Wenli, a 55-year-old member was also sentenced to 13 years for overthrowing the Communist party.
On December 22, 1998, Qing Yongmin was sentenced to 12 years to prison for harming state securities.
...
Wikipedia