Australia: The Sweet Sound of Freedom

Music fills the streets of Sydney’s Chinatown. It’s not a festival; it’s not quite a celebration, rather it’s an entertaining message of freedom.

David Gao is the conductor of this predominantly Chinese brass band whose message today for Chinese-Australians is to choose a better future.

[David Gao, Conductor/Retail]:
„Our human beings, we should respect humanity; we should respect people’s beliefs; we should respect the nature.“

Since 2004 the „Quit Chinese Communist Party (CCP)“ Center has helped both mainland Chinese citizens and expatriats to withdraw from the CCP without risk of persecution. Resignations can be done using an alias via internet, phone, fax and SMS.

[David Gao, Conductor/Retail]:
„For people in China, it’s very very dangerous if people openly quit the CCP, because in China one party rule the regime. For example, if I were in China, if I say I want to quit the CCP openly, in the public, I would probably be put into the jail.“

It seems David’s message is reaching Westerners too.

[Josh Rochlin, Business Graduate]:
„I see our [Australian] values are quite different; we’re about democracy and personal freedoms, choices and all that. I see the Chinese government as very heavy-handed in the way they do things, and unflinching

— they don’t really take other people’s opinions into account, they just have their own way of thinking.“

Last week in Sydney over 300 people quit from the Chinese Communist Party. Globally, it was over 225,000 people. In the last five years, over 60 million people have quit from the Chinese Communist Party.

[David Gao, Conductor/Retail]:
„This Communist Party does not represent Chinese people; It does not represent Chinese people’s will; It does not represent Chinese culture; It does not represent Chinese values.“

Until the last note is played, David will keep orchestrating his message.

Daniel Granger, NTD, Sydney

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